Free Day Fun & Food - Wednesday

After checking the radar about a hundred times and coming up with Plans B - Z, we finally decided to take our chances and press on with the original plan of spending our free day at Navy Pier.  It proved to be the right call, as what was forecasted to be severe weather turned out to be perfect.  Our students enjoyed the many activities at Navy Pier with some much deserved time to just have some fun.

We even found a nice spot for story time with Blaine.

The anchor was a popular spot for pictures:

With the threat of severe weather looming and a tight window in which to get seated at Gino's East pizza, 43 of us hopped on a trolley before navigating 5 city blocks in downtown Chicago in record time.

Gino's East took great care of us, both with their service and their quality of food.  If you ever find yourself trying to figure out how much pizza to order for a party of 43, go with at least 13.  That's 104 slices, if you're scoring at home.

All in all, it was a great day; a well deserved one at that.  We're back at it tomorrow and we are looking forward to a worship service with the other groups that are serving here this week.

Please continue to pray for our students as they serve the people of Chicago this week.  We're praying that this is a week that changes their lives.