Thanksgiving

So, we had Thanksgiving at the Wheelers in Watervliet, MI... We drove down on Wednesday afternoon and stayed until late on Saturday night. It was so relaxing, we all had a great time hanging out and playing games. I missed my parents and brothers (...especially Mark's comments about what's wrong with the food and my dad's slurring the Thanksgiving trivia questions because he has a reading problem...) but we enjoyed all the craziness of family time at the Wheelers. Pictured are me and my sister-in-law, Jordan. There weren't any good pics of Josh and I because Josh's dad was sick and didn't take the usual obnoxious amount of photos that we have all grown to love and expect...

Craft Night

There are group of women who live in my "neighborhood" (the South Loop)--who have been having a few get togethers and plans for more. We are all "partners" of people who attend the GSB, so we have lots of nights without the guys around to hang out. Our most recent gathering was a Christmas ornament decorating night, complete with lots of glitter and varying amounts of creative abilities. Good times and more to come I'm sure....

The Last Little While

Last weekend my dear friend Kirsten came for a lovely fall weekend to spend time with me and see the new digs. We had a great time taking in the city by boat, foot, ferris wheel, and bus. It was like no time went by in-between. Those are the best kind of friends, the ones you can just pick up where you left off.

We’ve had lots of company (so maybe that’s a good excuse for not blogging more). Josh’s parents came, my mom came, my brother came, and then Kirsten came. It’s been great hanging out with everyone.

Life is slowing feeling more settled. We did switch churches again when Park Community just began to feel too big. For the last two Sundays we’ve gone to Hyde Park Vineyard, which is quite a bit smaller and more personal. My sense is that we will stay there, and Josh will likely get to be a part of worship team. We have more people to hang out with, and we are really enjoying one couple in particular, Roger and Keyla. They are an engaged couple who was on our Costa Rica trip, and who happen to share our faith. So thank God for them.

That’s kinda it for now. Josh is really busy and since he is the one who takes more time to craft his words, you are kind of stuck with me throwing together some info for you!

Heidi

My Article in Chicago Business

Hey Everybody, check out the link below to an article I wrote about our Costa Rica trip for the monthly student newspaper here, Chicago Business. (cut and paste the link in)

http://media.www.chibus.com/media/storage/paper408/news/2007/10/04/Perspectives/Random.Walk.Costa.Rica-3016247.shtml?reffeature=recentlycommentedstoriestab

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The House

Closed today. Praise the Lord.

Found a Church

Hey Everybody,

Hope you all are well. We're doing just fine in Chi - although we miss Colorado. It's great here, but Colorado still feels like home at the moment. Which is ironic, because the sale of our house closes in just a few days. We left great community in Colorado with our friends and the church. It takes awhile to build that. Pinecrest WT - I sure miss playing/serving with you. Hope you guys are still rockin.

Pondering our move and missing home, it reminds me that we're all just sojourners here for a short time. Home is Heaven. I always feel a bit of tension and restlessness when I move to a new place, because I do so much to make it feel like home, yet it never totally feels like home. You know what I mean.

We went to a good church last weekend - Park Community Chuch (www.parkcommunitychurch.org), in the north part of the city. Kinda big, but the preaching was biblical, the music was God-focused and authentic, and they are very community focused. We're going to land there. I offered my saxophone to the worship team - we'll see how that goes.

Josh