chi-town! :)

so, i've been leading a sunday school class at college church for the senior highers there, and i have three girls that come each week, lauren, shelby and elizabeth. today was the youth group's day in chicago, and pastor dwayne invited me to go along as a youth leader, and so i did! it was soo much fun!!! although, we got really lost and attacked by a scary man (not literally, he just freaked us out and cussed at me) and we seriously ran all over chicago... we ran to catch the trolley from michigan avenue to 12 blocks down and four streets over on state street, and then, that's where we met the man, we ran from him over to michigan avenue, then to illinois avenue and then ran to navy pier. and i had heel boots on! i thought i was going to die!! but it was really fun. i LOVE being a part of a church, and i love youth. i seriously think i want to be involved with youth and youth ministry for the rest of my life... but i don't want to be a youth pastor, just a sponsor and spend time investing Jesus into teenage girls. it's so awesome!!


here's some pics from today...

this is elizabeth and shelby, two of my sunday-schoolers! (lauren wasn't able to come. )

this is elizabeth and i on the bus ready to hit the town!

this is brittany, the other youth worker/intern that helps me lead sunday school. (i'm not an intern, only she! :))

these are my group of girls on the escalators at water tower plaza... lets see... we got (left to right) lauren, bethany, chelsea, karen, elizabeth and shelby

and this is all of us safe and sound, back on the bus... GLAD to be off our feet and away from the scary man!!! :)