First, be aware how much I hate halloween. And then, know that I was asked by one of my student's families to their english halloween party they have in their tiny neighbourhood. Luckily, halloween isn't big here, at all, so it isn't about zombies and people hanging from things and all the darkness that comes along with halloween in Canada, so it was really just a fun little block party. I didn't want to pay for an elaborate costume, so I raided the church's costume supply - which I discovered is all made up of Christmas costumes, and settled on being a Christmas tree. I was glad to bring a little Christmas along to crash the halloween party ;) Some of the other costumes were absolutely hilarious, and all in all I had a lovely time. :)
The Franklin Graham Festival came and went, and it left me going "Well that was neat, but man oh man, do I ever need sleep.." Yeah, it was kinda crazy. But, as you'll see below, the place was packed out, so including all the volunteers who were running around, there were roughly 10,000 people there each night. And then, at the end of each night good ol' Franklin gave an alter call, and even though I'm not always too keen on alter calls, I can't deny that my eyes got a little misty as I watched the people pouring into the stadium to go and meet with God. :) I'd say there were 1000 people who went to the front each night, give or take a few. And even if but one person in the whole event truly understood what it was they were committing themselves to, well then, it was surely worth it. Thanks for all your prayers and support for this event!
