Earlier today I again attended the 10AM service at Willow Creek's Chicago campus. Man, I just can't get enough of that place, the energy and vibe is contagious! Following the service I joined up with the 2Fish street group to serve a picnic lunch to many homeless men (and a few women) at Balbo & Columbus Drive, in a nice area of Grant Park. Around 50 homeless folks showed up for a meal, and some nice hangout time as well. Several men from the shelter were present, and they even invited some other homeless men that they knew. A couple of the guys were finally sober enough to join us today. When you are homeless and down on luck, addictions call out your name. Drugs and alcohol are prime addictions for many of the guys, and one of them was recently released from Cook County jail. We were there from about 11:15AM until almost 1:30PM. I caught a 2:30PM train departure back to the NW suburbs, arrived home around 3:45PM, a quick bite to eat, then I made a quick trip out to Algonquin Commons in the namesake city for a band concert (even in the 95-degree heat). It's almost 8:30PM now, and time to rest. All in a day.
Not much progress has been made in trip prep since my last post 2 weeks ago. I found out this week that I may not be able to make the trip to South Africa in November with Willow Creek. This due to unusual circumstances beyond my control. I did go to Parkview Church in Orland Park last evening and found out they have a trip to Kenya for late November. If the S Africa trip does not work out, I'll likely look into that. Maybe a door was closed this week for a reason. We'll wait and see.
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