love

i am honestly in love with the city of the chicago. i'm so blessed to be here, especially with such an awesome group of people. it's just so amazing to see what strong relationships are forming already and it's only been a week. i honestly feel like i've known these people forever.

it's also so awesome to see God working through us. just listening to everyone's stories from when we go out sharing, it's obvious that He is doing big things through us.

yesterday me and becca went into grant park to share soularium at the blues festival. at first neither one of us were feeling it. it was later, around 8:30, everyone had been drinking all day, and we were tired. honestly both of us just wanted to give up. there were tons of people and it was loud and overwhelming.

but we decided to stick it out and went to millennium park instead where it was a little more quite. we ran into three high school girls and did soularium with them. it was SO encouraging and crazy how God just pulled us to them. the one girl is about to be a senior in high school and is struggling with religion. i could relate to her so easily because the doubts and concerns she had were what i just experienced earlier this school year. so we did soularium and shared the gospel with them. then we gave them our contact information and told them that we'd love to meet up with them and chat some more.

it just baffles me how God is always so knowing. He knew that me and becca needed encouragement and He knew that the girl needed someone to talk to.

today we all broke up into four different groups and went to four different churches. my group went to the holy trinity church. it was interesting. it's a lot like my church at home, more traditional hymns and messages and more structured. i appreciated it and enjoyed it, but it made me miss the journey so much. i definitely enjoy contemporary services a lot more.

then tonight our action group (Bible study) met up with a men's action group and we all went out to dinner together. we went to a legit genuine mexican restaurant...which was kind of a struggle because they didn't speak much english and i know no spanish whatsoever. but the food was pretty good.

after that we all came together as a group and went to a local park. some people played ultimate and some played kickball. it was just nice to enjoy each others company as a whole and spend some time just relaxing. plus i love kickball. ha.