First Stop: Chicago!

We have made it and are settled in at our first destination.  We are staying at a church in Bolingbrook, IL (a suburb of Chicago) and have set up camp in their fellowship hall/gymnasium.  We have already had quite an adventure-- the trailer hit a deer!  Everyone is fine, the trailer is fine, the deer however is not.  It came running across the 4-lane highway, tried to stop, but skidded and ended up under the back tire of the trailer.  Only minor damage, we fixed it and were on our way!  Scared us, but all is good-- and we have a good adventurous-- and we hadn't even made it out of Missouri yet!

No pictures of the deer, since it happened so fast-- but here we are before we left!





 Alex brought these awesome white boards... we have had fun with them already!

Heading to bed soon, before worshipping with New Life Lutheran Church in Bolingbrook, IL in the morning!  Tomorrow we travel to Detroit and get acquainted with our 'home' for the week!




Nick's Notes:

Hello friends, it's time for a segment I like to call Nick's Notes where I (Nick) add a little spice to our travel blog with my own pleasant observations about our trip thus far.

I can't believe it's been an entire year since our trip to Nashville! So much has happened this last year for all of us (myself especially) and this first day has been full of reflection on my part. In the last hour or so of our drive today, we began looking over all of the pictures we had of our last two mission trips. I couldn't help but recall all of the fond memories that we formed these last few years and I know that this year will have just as many wonderful stories to add to our collection of hijinks. I'm so incredibly grateful to have been invited back for another week of service and I can't wait to begin our service in Detroit.

Well, Sara is harassing me for hogging her laptop so that will be all for now.

Alex's Alley:

Hello all, this is Alex in my segment called Alex's Alley. These are a few of my thoughts on our trip so far.

Im excited to have the opportunity to come on another mission trip. This is my third mission trip. I am excited to experience new things and change the world, even if just by a little. On our way up to Detroit both vans had fun playing the guess the song game. Although some song choices were questionable we all could guess whose song was whose pretty easily. We also had fun writing messages to each other using the white boards I brought. I can't wait till tomorrow where we will be worshiping with the church here in Chicago, eating at Ed Debevics, and arriving in Detroit.

Well, it is way past my bed time, and we must get up early to pack up the van. Goodnight and Goodbye.

p.s. Hope your staying cool, it is 74 right now up here in Chicago.

(These kids are awesome-- they make me smile.  Peace, Sara)