Chicago or Memphis?!?!

On Saturday I left Champaign for the FIRST time since driving in with the moving truck! It was a totally strange experience for two reasons:
1) Never in my life (that I know of) have I stayed in the SAME city for 5.5 weeks in a row (Without venturing onto a highway at any point..)
2) We got on the highway and there were two options- North to Chicago or South to Memphis.

I was taken aback and realized, wow we aren't in Eau Claire anymore!!!  Although Champaign is feeling a bit more like home every day, we miss Eau Claire and our dear friends and family a bit more all the time...

God has really been good during this transition.  He promises He will never leave us or forsake us (Isaiah 41:10) but it always incredible when you experience this truth in your own life.

It hasn't been the easiest six weeks, but it really hasn't been the hardest either.  We are so thankful we moved here when we did.  God has already opened up SO many doors here on campus.  We have been able to meet LOTS of students. We have spent time with them in their dorms, their cafeterias, walking around campus, etc.  We have been able to get to know them, share our hearts with them, challenge them, be in the Word with them and pray with them and for them!

We can't say it enough-- THANK YOU for your prayers and support during this transition. 

P.S.  In case you are wondering-- on Saturday we went North and visited CHICAGO!! Noah had never been there before.. and we had a really great day! We saw some of my relatives and toured Moody Bible Institute (Where my brother will be going to college in the fall!)