Chicago Trip

March 6-March 11:  I went with eight other students on a service trip with TIU to Roseland Christian Ministries on the southside.  It was an incredible trip, and I learned so much about the community, the Lord, and my role as a Christian.

The most profound concept I saw, which plays over and over in my mind, is this: be a steward of peace.

My thoughts and experiences are still a little jumbled.  I take awhile to process and sort through new things.  I am hoping this blog will allow me to clear things up a bit and come to more of a closure.  I am going to go through, day by day, and recount what I learned and how I came to learn it.  

This was a trip I want to remember, and I want (so badly) the lessons to stick with me.  It has the power to be life-changing for me.  I pray that God will use that week of my life to shape me and guide me in His will.

Turn from evil and do good;

seek peace and pursue it.

The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, 

and His ears are attentive to their cry.

       Psalm 34:14&15

Consider the blameless, observe the upright;
a future awaits those who seek peace.
But all sinners will be destroyed;
there will be no future for the wicked. 

       Psalm 37:37&38