Tyler Daniel - SEBTS

The Final Day Saturday, July 1 st was our final full day in Chicago. We had no real plans other than helping with an international church service late in the afternoon. After a long week, the opportunity to sleep in sounded very nice. At about 8:30 AM most of our team members were up and ready to go. Pete’s coffee had become a regular spot for me in the mornings. If I’ve learned one thing over the last few years it’s how important it is to show your face in the same place in order to build relationships with the people. I noticed that even though I had only been coming in for a few days, the workers now greeted me with a much more friendly smile. Pete’s was about a 2 block walk from our hotel. As I turned out of the door I noticed I had a missed call from an old friend. It was the perfect day for us to reconnect. I didn’t have anything planned until later in the afternoon and so I immediately called to see if we could get together. I had absolutely no clue the meeting th...

Friday, June 30, 2017 Yesterday was far and away the best day of the trip thus far. We had the opportunity to meet with a man called Richard for about 2 hours. We had walked around the Wicker Park area in frustration for around an hour. It seemed like every road we turned down was empty so we just kept walking. We met Richard right at the point where we had decided to turn around and go in a different direction. When we walked up there was a large group of teenagers playing loud music and riding around on bikes. It was a difficult environment to talk because of the noise and all of the distractions. My group sat on a bench for about 5 minutes and then decided to ask a man a few benches over where we could go to find a decent crowd of people. As I have seen so many times this week, a simple conversation starter often times leads to an opportunity to share the gospel. In this case we had the opportunity to hear Richard talk about the area and the different places that we co...