73 days!!

We leave for Kenya in 73 days...I can't believe it. Everything is starting to fall into place. Shana taught us a few words last night "Bwana asifiwe! means Praise the Lord!" which is how almost everyone greets each other (awesome), "Asante means thank you" and "Choo means toliet." The trip is becoming more of a reality everyday.


3 days until the Trivia Night if you need a place to deposit lots of useless knowledge.

Kenya!!

Hey!

This summer Lindsey and I are going to be traveling with some college students to Kenya. Shana, who went last year to the orphanage we'll be visiting forwarded this link to some pictures that a volunteer took. It makes me even more excited to get to go! God has made Himself known so much through His work at Gathiga Children Hope Home and an organization called Jump For Joel that Shana started. The organization has raised thousands of dollars to improve the conditions at this orphanage and the Christians at UIS have been able to be a part of it! We've been able to pray, support, and watch God work from our UIS home. But now we're going to get to see it up close and help out by doing some building projects for a couple weeks.

I can't express how excited I am about this trip. Linds and I are so pumped. We started raising support for the trip which is going to cost us as a couple a little under 6,000 bucks. Our group is having a trivia night April 26th out at South Side Christian Church Southwest Campus. Come on out! If you have any questions let us know!!

-dave

The Office Photo Shoot

Monday, Todd, Gretchen and I had our friend Howard take a couple pictures of us in our new office. We tried to think of cool, catchy poses to make us look skinny, like superheros, and awesome. However, we already embody all of those elements so we went with the traditional, family style picture.


The office is so interesting because we utilize it a lot and it provides a great meeting place for us on campus but technically it is not ours. It belongs to our students and we are just blessed with the opportunity to use it. On Thursdays I spend all day in the office. I love it. Normally it involves me making a PB&J and eating while propping my feet up with a good book. For about 10 minutes. Then I get distracted and talk to Shana while she is in the other room working. Then I wait for Katie to come visit me. My day ends with Amelia coming in to talk about small group material. I love being around people and the office provides a great opportunity for me to see people. It is much better than camping out in the cafeteria or sitting at my desk at home. So if you are bored on Thursdays and want to come talk about life, the great book you are reading, or have a craving for PB&J stop by the CSF office. That's right the CSF Office!