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This last week has been actioned packed. I went to Lockport last weekend to get my truck. Thats right, the Jeep Comanche is no longer sittin in the driveway. It was actually pretty cool experience. I rented a tow dolly from uhaul. My dad and I worked on the truck, getting it set up to tow away and things went surprisingly well. We dug out the tires, no problem. We filled them up since they were way flat and there was no leaks or damage to the tires as far as I could tell. We filled up fluids and tried to jump the car. After about 6 tries it actually fired up! After sitting for 4 or 5 years. I was totally not expecting it to start like that. We got it to run long enough to drive it onto the tow dolly so we didn't have to push, although it died right after we got it on. But it all went really smooth and was a complete blessing from God. It was one of those situation where you know that God cares about the little things in your life and loves to give you small reminders that he is a caring father.

Sat. night I went downtown to visit some friends who are in Chicago for the summer participating in Salt. It was really nice to see them again. The band from the Rock, The Lone Strangers played outside of a Caribou Coffee. Some of us got into some really good conversations with those around us. The people spending the summer in chicago (if you didn't look at the web site) are there to kind of test the waters and see if God would want us to send some people to start a church downtown. One guy talked about how he wanted to learn more about the Bible but had a lot of unanswered questions. He even set up a time to get together with Jackie and Mike this week to talk about these things. Jackie and I talked to a guy that owns a limo service. He told us about how he got started and that sort of stuff. The limo he had there was a very long SUV limo. It was huge. He talked about how he designed everything inside it himself and he even let us go inside it for a few minute. He cranked up the sound system and we had a little 5 min. dance party. It was really fun and another one of those little things that God did just to show us that he likes to do little fun things.

Tues. I went to a concert in Moline with some friends from Iowa City. We saw 3 doors down, staind, and breaking benjamin. It was a great show as expected and very enjoyable! I was also really glad that I got to spend a little time with friends from IA city. Wed. I helped some of the girls clean their duplex that they are moving out of and then took off for Lockport.

There, I went to see the Chicago fire play AC Milan. The game was amazing! AC Milan is one of the most storied club teams in the world. They are high profile. They also won the European cup last year I believe. Milan ended up winning 2-1, but the Fire played very well and were neck and neck with Milan the whole game. The fire actually had more shots on goal and more scoring chance. They unfortunately could not convert them to goals. This was actually my FIRST experience at soldier field, believe it or not. Its somewhat shameful to not be inside it until I'm 23 and no longer living in IL. It was definately a memorable time and kinda cool that my first time there was a soccer match. :-)