On Thursday we woke up, ate breakfast and did individual devotions. Shortly after we hopped on the red line and travelled to Rogers Park. There, we spent the morning playing with children who were attending a day-long summer camp hosted by a local methodist church. We enjoyed playing with the kiddos at the park, as Thursday was lake day! After eating lunch with all the children, we returned to the host church and prepared for the children to return to the church before getting picked up by their parents.

By mid-afternoon we returned to EPC and had an hour of down time before we headed down to CCO for our last service time. We arrived and were put right to work with Ed, the night’s chef and meal coordinator. Being that this wasn’t our first time serving a meal at CCO, we felt like we were in our groove working together and with Ed preparing and serving dinner. We worked so fast that Ed was surprised at our speed! More notably, we enjoyed connecting one last time with some of the folks who passed through for dinner that evening. This trip we’ve really valued and have enjoyed the relationships that we’ve been able to make with the people from CCO.

After we finished serving with Ed we had Greek chicken and french fries catered to CCO. Our friends from West Virginia joined us after their day of serving, and we later returned to EPC to wind down from the day.

Woah! It’s hard to believe our service times are over. Each opportunity we’ve had to serve has been meaningful in a different way. We’re looking forward to tomorrow!