November has been a busy month in the Duerr household. Mikaela had the opportunity to attend the Missouri District Professional Church Workers' conference at Tan-Tar-A Resort at the Lake of the Ozarks. She enjoyed attending workshops for professional development, and spending some quality time with her fellow teachers. Despite having a great time at the Lake of the Ozarks, she was very happy to return home to St. Louis.
As Mikaela was out of town, I was finishing my first quarter of classes at the seminary. In the last week of the quarter, I took four tests and wrote two papers. Although I enjoyed the classes I took and learned a lot from them, I was very glad to finish the term and enjoy two weeks off classes.
A big excitement this month was when we got our first snow here in St. Louis! As California natives, we enjoyed the beauty of the snowfall out our window so much that we couldn't seem to get anything else done! The first afternoon that it snowed, we got to go to the St. Louis Botanical Gardens with some friends and enjoy the fresh snow as it decorated the gardens. Several snowball fights were involved as well!
The main event of November was of course, Thanksgiving. We enjoyed the company of my parents, Steve and Cathy, and little brother, Tony, who flew out to visit from California, as well as Mikaela's younger sister, Karina, who flew out from her college in South Carolina. This was the first time we had family visit since we got married and moved to St. Louis, so it was very exciting! We had fun showing our family our apartment, our church and school, and the seminary. We went sight-seeing with them to the Gateway Arch, the Anheuser-Busch Brewery Tour, the Old Courthouse, the St. Louis Basilica Cathedral, and some famous St. Louis restaurants like Fitz's and Ted Drewes. On the day before Thanksgiving, it snowed for most of the day, so we all sat in our apartment watching the snow fall, waiting for it to stick on the ground, and then when it started to stick, we all went out and had so much fun playing in the snow! We built a snowman named Ivan, threw snowballs, and probably made all the neighbors stare at us for enjoying that tiny bit of snow so much. We loved having family here and we were disappointed to see them leave! Overall, it was a wonderful break, but we were both glad to get back into our routines this week!
In the name of Christ our Savior,
Nick and Mikaela Duerr
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