This morning's focus was once again prayer. God directed Pastor Ed to ask us to pray around the church for God to demolish the strongholds of the enemy in the community. He exhorted us with Scripture of the power of our prayers. Ephesians 6:12 "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 "The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ." Praying boldly for the community of Dolton and for all of the individuals we've met this week was the perfect way to end our week of ministry! We headed down to Lou Malnati's in downtown Chicago for some deep-dish pizza. We enjoyed having our friends from New Community join us. It was only fitting that they enjoy the pizza with us since they worked beside us the entire week on every service project, sports camp, and prayer walk. We'll miss them dearly! After lunch we headed over to the Shedd Aquarium. The picture is from the penguin play area. We used the penguin costumes, and after the picture was taken some of us even went down the "ice" slide on our bellies in true penguin style. The highlight of the afternoon was the aquatic show featuring Beluga whales, sea lions, and dolphins. God's creation is incredible! Although our time of ministry in Dolton is done, we know that God will continue to work in the hearts of those we've ministered to, and in the community as a whole. We're excited to see what God does next!