“If You Give a Man a Cookie…”
Tuesday evening, we weren't supposed to be at the lake. We had plans to attend a church service, but at the last minute, the church changed their schedule for the evening and called off the service. We ended up instead…
Tuesday evening, we weren't supposed to be at the lake. We had plans to attend a church service, but at the last minute, the church changed their schedule for the evening and called off the service. We ended up instead…
Sunday we went to the New life Church for worship. We missed the service due to a schedule change, but walked in during the closing worship of the Spainish Service. It was an energy packed room. They were praying for…
All Hands on Deck Last week we had our third Safe Haven location we are working with start (Maranatha Church) and with a team of nineteen total people we had to have ALL hands on deck for…
Spread Out So, last week (our third week with teams) we had a smaller group from Canada, a medium sized group from Minnesota and a pretty big group from Ohio. These three teams were…
Warfare Breakout Week two here in Chicago was full of challenges and learning curves for us! We had a smaller team than the first week with the majority being soon-to-be 9th graders. Pretty scary…
Higher Than Ever Before Three weeks into our team's time in Chicago and it feels like we've been here for a few months already. Our time has had its fair share of laughter and grimaces, curve-balls and…
Missions & Mingling On our first night, we met up with the youth group from New Community Church (our hosts), played get-to-know-you games and began to build realtionships with one another…
Praying for the people and places we've encountered this week via creative expression:
Once upon a time, God created the Garden of Eden–something beautiful out of nothing… What if someone could follow God's example and help create a beautiful paradise, a safe haven, a wonderous land in the midst of the concrete jungle?…