Guests for the Weekend

Claire Mysliwiec and Liz Loughran, our fellow Campus Division members from Notre Dame, came to visit us this weekend. When they arrived Friday evening, Gina, Anne and I met them at the train station, and together we set off to find a place to eat dinner. We ate at Noodles, a Thai place, and shared about our studies and about the work we have been doing for our project teams. Liz is on a Missionary Project team like us, so it was cool to hear how that is going on the Saint Marys and Notre Dame campuses. And Claire shared about her work on the Vine and Branches project team.

After having our fill of Pad Thai etc, we rushed to catch a bus to get to our apartment. Then we spent the rest of the evening talking, sharing more life, in our living room.

Saturday, since we all had a lot of school work to do, we spent most of the day studying. In the afternoon, though, we took a break to walk to campus, and Gina, Anne and I gave Claire and Liz a quasi-tour of campus. Then we found a good study spot there and continued working. For Lord's day, Gina prepared an amazing Guatemalan feast. We had gorditas with pork and all the fixings. (so good!) It was a wonderful time. We sat at dinner for three hours sharing about the Lord and the blessings of the past week, about what we are learning in our classes, and more. After dinner we cleaned up, and Gina served us dessert: coconut flan and fried plantains (picture)! Amazing...

This morning we set out for 8:30 church in the freezing-ish rain. It was quite an adventure getting there and back (it's a 15 minute walk), walking through rain and slushy, icy puddles. Once back to our warm, dry apartment, we settled down to more studying with hot tea to warm us up. It's been such a delight to have Claire and Liz here with us for the weekend, to share our life in Chicago with them, hear about their life at Notre Dame, and grow in friendship. Glory!