Chicago June 13-18 Trip Blog

What an unbelievable trip. Thank you for allowing your friends and family to join us in Chicago for the week.

The team was amazing. They served with joy and vigor. It was such a blessing to see these two youth groups join as one. It was as though they have been with each other for years.

Over the last four days the team conducted over 150 surveys. They gave out hundreds of doggie bones with invitations to Chicagoland Community Church. They distributed 1800 bottles of water inviting each person to the church.

Pastor Jon from Chicagoland hasn't seen as much contact with the community as we did this last week.

Praise God!

What a fantastic day. We spent most of the afternoon in the downtown portion of Chicago near the lake. We had hundreds of opportunities to hand out free bottles of water to anyone interested. Along with each bottle of water went an invitation to the church we are serving. Homeless, tourist and business people were all blessed.

That evening we did much of the same with our audience being those headed to the Cubs game just down the street.

There was an abundance of spiritual conversations, people being prayed for and students becoming like Jesus.

The Lord even connected us with 3 different people that were all looking for a church. What a great opportunity we had to point them just down the street to Chicagoland Community Church.

Today the team spent much of the day the first part of the day picking up trash and handing out dog treats. These two ministries gave us wonderful opportunities to connect the folks we met in the community with the church as well as providing many opportunities for us to live and share the Gospel.

So many of us were challenged as well. Challenged in trusting our Savior. Challenged in serving our Savior. And challenged in overcoming.

The team spent the last part of the day doing a survey for the church on the streets. These surveys gave us wonderful glimpses into this city and it's people. Their hearts are hurting. They are searching. Please pray that God would reveal Himself to them, maybe even through us.

Hi Everyone,
Thank you for checking in on your team and sorry to take so long getting entries to you.

The team jumped right in tonight with a prayer walk around the church that we will be serving this week. What a powerful time. We learned so much about this community and where their hearts are. People yelled their views at us, they stared at us, they questioned us. All experiences that the Lord used to help us learn.

Please pray for your team as they serve this week. Pray that they will let the Lord accomplish all that He desires. Please pray that He would protect us. Pleas pray that He would be pleased.