In Evanston
Hello all! We have made a long trip to Chicago. There will be a more official web log on http://wakeupdate.blogspot.com so look there.
Here is my little version: Now sitting in a cool local coffee shop, but they are playing Bjork (whom I really dislike, so the writing may be sub-par). We arrived here yesterday in the late morning. We had planned on making it here on Friday, after a long haul from Arkansas, but had a blowout on I55 on the rented car dolly, which was carrying the Honda Element, our only car now.
The delay cost us and we had to take a night in a hotel, but much worse could have happened.
Reba people will help us unload soon. We'd planed on having that happen yesterday, but yesterday Chicago received a record rain of 6.6 inches – Jealous Clovis? It's still raining some, but we have to get the job done.
Went to Reba's worship service today, and it was/is amazing. If you want to see what a good church looks like, I suggest you visit us over a weekend. They call the building the "meeting house" because the church consists of the people, who live in the world. So I like that. And the community of church members has been extremely hospitable, cooking for us and serving us, putting us up on their hide-a-beds, playing with Jedidiah. These are quality new friends.
The sermon was about forgiveness, and that was important for me. I will learn about forgiveness now that I am away from Kingswood. I have forgiving to do. The worship was beautiful, and I connected with it on an emotional level – and I'm dead inside, so that should tell you something. I believe that there will be healing for me here.
That's all for now, because I want to say the good stuff at the other blogspot. But there IS more!!!
Peace to you all.
Josh