Well we're back in ND after spending the past week in the Chicago area. We left last Sunday afternoon and drove to Fargo and then made it to the Mall of America by lunchtime on Monday. We had a pleasant surprise when my cousin (who lives in western WI) was able to meet us in Minneapolis and spend some time catching up. So after touring around the nation's largest mall for a few hours, we headed to the Twins home opener...in the snow (which they won!). Tuesday morning we finished the drive to Chicago and spent the next couple days touring around the Windy City and spending time with friends from college. On Thursday we caught a Cubs game at Wrigley...in the cold (which they also won!) and then drove up to Evanston where we were able to catch up with church friends for a few days. After attending a worship service at our old church (now meeting in a movie theatre!) we began the long drive back to Underwood arriving yesterday afternoon (just in time for me to coach basketball!).
So there you have it...our windy city vacation in a nutshell. We actually had a very good time and a right amount of visting people and getting to spend time together as well. We were able to do a bunch of fun things but also had time to rest and relax (much of it done at Starbucks!). Beyond hitting some snow on our drive to Minneapolis and some slick roads on our way back through western Minnesota, everything went smoothly. Praise God! We were reminded of both things we miss from the Chicago area (friends, Chicago-style pizza, coffee shops on every block) and also things we don't miss (traffic, panhandler's on the "L"). Overall it was a great vacation, not too packed, not too long, but we are glad to be back home.
This week I begin a preaching series through the Gospel of Matthew that I am really excited about. It should take us all the way through next Easter (and that's in preaching on average half a chapter a week)! It's amazing that even when you return from a great vacation, there always seem to be so many things that need to get done. So with that said, I'd better be getting off to taking care of some of them. If you'd like to listen to the sermon from two weeks ago on psalm 2 entitled "King of Kings," click here.
By God's Grace, Jeff.
So there you have it...our windy city vacation in a nutshell. We actually had a very good time and a right amount of visting people and getting to spend time together as well. We were able to do a bunch of fun things but also had time to rest and relax (much of it done at Starbucks!). Beyond hitting some snow on our drive to Minneapolis and some slick roads on our way back through western Minnesota, everything went smoothly. Praise God! We were reminded of both things we miss from the Chicago area (friends, Chicago-style pizza, coffee shops on every block) and also things we don't miss (traffic, panhandler's on the "L"). Overall it was a great vacation, not too packed, not too long, but we are glad to be back home.
This week I begin a preaching series through the Gospel of Matthew that I am really excited about. It should take us all the way through next Easter (and that's in preaching on average half a chapter a week)! It's amazing that even when you return from a great vacation, there always seem to be so many things that need to get done. So with that said, I'd better be getting off to taking care of some of them. If you'd like to listen to the sermon from two weeks ago on psalm 2 entitled "King of Kings," click here.
By God's Grace, Jeff.
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