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Hitting the Streets…

Hyde Park, Chicago STREET EVANGELISM This morning we started off with a quiet time and then talking with the group about yesterday. Our group then set off to go pick up Darlene for a day of street evangelism down at…

Conversations that Matter…

PACIFIC GARDEN MISSIONChicago’s Oldest Homeless Shelter   Taking a Tour of the Facility   Making 400 Beds for the Residents!   Eating Dinner with the Homeless   Conversations that Matter…   GOSPEL The second day started off with us going…

Leaders Log: Trip: 3 Day: Last

The South Dakota Pennsylvania teams didn’t only bond together and with us, but with everyone they seemed to meet. Their goals were similar and seemingly simple: Show Jesus, love well.   These seem simple because they don’t involve four syllable…

Leaders Log Trip 4, Day 3:

Parks in the Pilsen neighborhood in Chicago are the gathering place for the neighborhood. Some people have their own yards, or their own fields or like other urban dwellers they depend on parks to be a place of reprieve from…

Leaders Log: Trip: 5 Day: 1

Have you ever tanked with good intentions? (If you just raised your hand, I can relate to you. I have very physical and visceral reactions to things I read. You are not alone.) Well, to be really frank with you,…

Leaders Log Trip 3 Day 1:

Two fun and spunky groups arrived within moments of one another. Questions and sleeping bags flew everywhere as the groups from South Dakota and Pennsylvania unloaded and unpacked. Their joy and excitement were evident from the start, as were their…