a great day

we woke up excited yesterday.  i'd had the head cold from hades all week and i was feeling a little better.  timmy went to the sunday prayer meeting and i stayed home to get ready for church and pack our stuff, because after church we were planning to catch a train to chicago!

we were especially glad about the train because it was only about a three hour ride, as opposed to a five or six hour car ride.  

church was great!  sunday school went really well, we made some new connections with kids and every day is a step towards trusting each other and becoming better friends, so that was wonderful.  then in church, zach allen and josh martin gave a short testimony and encouragement from their trip to the dominican republic.  i especially liked how josh had the epiphany of living with a mission for the Gospel, not just on trips, but every day.  and also how zach answered "what plans do you have for the future?" by saying, "im gonna go back to joplin town, work, and play rock n roll."  we appreciated his honesty, for real.

after church, timmy and i got to have lunch with zach and his family.  it was really great and relaxing.

then we drove an hour to catch our train.  the train station was pretty, it was really exciting to get on the train, and then we got a little bored... watched like six episodes of the office, tried to take a nap, talked a little, talked to friends on the phone, saw fireworks off in the distance, etc.  it was good.

we got to union station in chicago a little early.  so we beat our friends josh and arielle to the restaurant.  it was soooo good to finally meet arielle, because we've heard so much about her.  she was so fun and we had a great time getting to know her, even though it was way too brief.  after dinner, we all walked around the city for a while and really enjoyed each other's company.  we miss josh a lot.

after that, we all went to timmy's parents house and went to sleep.  

today i woke up in indiana.  im so glad we get to ride a train back instead of drive.  this is magical.  i still feel pretty sick from this ridiculous cold, but the end is in sight... i think.  and we get to hang out with the stoners all day today and tomorrow.  today's gonna be pretty good...  but yesterday was freakin great.

love.