Medieval Planet

Well I know I didn't update all that long ago but too many amazing things have happened since then.

First of all last Tuesday was my first trying of Chicago Pizza, which by the way was really good. But of course most pizza is really good. I ate it with my brother and his college friend Joe who I have meet a couple of times and is a cool guy. Later that night we played settlers which is as you should know an amazing game. And my brother didn't win this time so that was good. But this time I got nine points only one off from the win, stupid Joe.

Also, I have been enjoying my netflix account very much. Every other time I have getting a planet earth disc. I just watched "caves" on the second disc. Planet earth was freaking amazing. If you haven't seen it then i suggest you watch it!

So here is the main reason I am posting early. Tonight my brother and I went to Medieval Times. And of those of you who don't know that is my favorite time period. So much so that every spring semester at college for the last three years I have put on a marathon. My brother and I got there and it was pretty sweet. Upon arrival you are given a colored crown to root for that color night. We were blue. Just wondering around looking at different stuff. Then the announcer called us all for together for instructions and told us to dance. I pulled out some disco and he called me out in front of everyone telling me I should never dance like that again. It was great! Then we went in to watch our Knight vest the competition. If you wish to look at pictures I should have them up on facebook soon. Anyone they did competitions and there was a story and everything. Our knight was doing super well. However, when it came to the final show down he lost first round. But it was a lot of fun watching it and totally worth the money. I wish I could have gotten better pictures. Totally forgot to mention we ate everything with out silverware. It was Pepsi, half a chicken, a rib, and some garlic bread. Also forgot to mention there was a falcon that flew around, and they actually jousted.

Today I also started really enjoying my internship again. I got to go over and work with By the Hand groups just using academic counseling. Also, I got to cut out lots of images for our Art therapy therapist. So its going well.

Urban Fresh isn't too bad either I closed by myself the other night which wasn't too bad at all. Hopefully I did a good job. But most of the work was done for me earlier.

PRAYER REQUESTS
stay in my bible everyday
continue to pray
have a servant's heart

Countdown
Been here for 5.5 weeks
about 5.5 to go

Love,
Dan


P.S. This blog was named after Medieval Times and Planet Earth

Bananas are good

I have been taking bananas in my lunch.

I have officially done worked three days at Urban Fresh. Its doesn't seem to hard. The hardest part is figuring out whether or not to throw something away or not, but I guess that will come with time. But between that job and my internship I am working everyday so we will see how I hold up. Today was really sweet basically my only job was just stand and give out samples for tea. Which is right up my alley, dealing directly with customers saying "hi" and "have a great day". So that was sweet I think I should be able to do that every Saturday.

My internship isn't going to bad. I got to start creating an alumni database so that gave me something to do that wasn't too hard and was interesting. Hopefully soon i will be writing e-mails and calling people. Which again sounds pretty sweet. Also this next week I think we are starting group therapy through By The Hand. So I am really excited about that.

Chicago as this famous aquarium called the Shedd aquarium. The other day i got to go for free, although it didn't include a lot of it. I still had fun, even if I was all by myself. If you want I posted some pictures on facebook.

Last night I played settlers again, only the best game ever. My brother and I were neck and neck the entire game except I was always leading by one point. The game was drawing to an end I was sitting on nine and Patrick was sitting on 8. (it takes 10 to win). I was still a few turns away from getting another point and Patrick stole longest road (worth 2 points) for the win. Oh well I was only a point behind.

Netflix is treating me real well, I love movies.

Prayer requests
Continue to find joy
have a servants heart
read my bible

Countdowns
here nearly 5 weeks
home little more then 6

Love,
Dan

Praise Jesus!

So today marks 4 weeks here in Chicago, Tuesday marks 7 weeks to go.

So I guess the biggest news is that I finally got a job! I am working at a place called Urban Fresh its pretty close to where I live so that is nice. I will be working in produce and I start tomorrow (Monday) morning. I will be putting in about 14 hours this next week and should get more the following week. It is amazing to me how God always provides. Praise be to Jesus my Lord and Savior!

Chicago has opened my eyes and I am learning and growing in the area of Social injustice. If you wish to read more about that you can check my note out on facebook. If you don't have a facebook then let me know I can e-mail it to you or something.

So I have also been reading this book called The Heavenly Man. It is an Amazing book about a Chinese national learning to Love God and rely complete on him and his Journey to share the Love of Jesus. It has been effecting me personally and testing me. In comparison I am not the devoted. I am not that in love. I act on my own, I breath on my own, I live on my own. I need to learn how to live through him because he is my life.

On a less serious note this weekend I went camping in Wisconsin a place called Devil's Lake. We arrived late Friday night and pitched our tents in the rain. Then got up went on an amazing like 2 hour hike. Ate lunch walked back to our campsite, hung out, ate dinner, went to sleep, woke up and left. Oh it it was sweet there was 3 Americans and 10 international students. A guy from Peru. A guy from India. And 8 people from china. Oh and a I scared a raccoon away from our campsite.

I am making more friends here and its pretty sweet. Hopefully this week I will stay pretty busy. I got the first disc of planet earth today so that is pretty neat! I think a few people will watch it tomorrow night.

Prayer Request
I miss home

Love,
Dan

3 weeks in 8 to go

So has my title says today being Monday marks an interesting day in my time in Chicago. Because I arrived here on a Sunday meaning yesterday made three weeks here in the windy city. Also, I fly out on a Tuesday so tomorrow will make 8 weeks left.

So food here is really good I have really enjoyed some of the food. The best pizza I have had so far is called Piece pizza. That is the name of the restaurant. And no I have not had Chicago style pizza yet but I will get there before I leave. But oh my gosh piece was so good. We got this white sauce with sausage and bacon, I know heartache waiting to happen but it was so good.

The other place I have really enjoyed is called I-cream. Its this really cool ice cream place and I guess there is only one around. Anyway you pick your flavor of ice cream, your mix in, and the color you want them to dye it. And get this they freeze it right in front of you. How awesome is that?

College group has been going pretty well. Its nice to spend some time with people my own age but its weird there is such a big difference between a like 24 year old and a 20 year old. But I am reading through this book with them called The wonderful spirit-filled life. Its pretty good you should check it out.

I am actually really liking my church here, it is sweet but it makes me miss all my other Churches. God has blessed me with being part of so many bodies of believers.

My internship has been sorta boring lately. One day I spent 7 hours just inputting stuff on the computer. But I am getting class credit and a great resume builder.

I played soccer again this last Saturday morning and it was awesome. And I had this sweet goal. We said next goal wins. The other team started with the ball so I ran up stole the ball in like one try then made a long shot at the goal which out did Luis the best player out there.

I still haven't heard back from that job yet but I will call them today and see what is up.

So for all of you that wanted pictures I put some up on facebook, if you don't have a facebook then just tell me and I can figure something out.

For next years RA's that might be reading this I FINISHED Crucial conversations and so glad to be done with that book. Now on to heavenly man!

Also, anyone that knows me at all knows I love movies and so guess what I did? Did you guess? Sweet well I got a netflix account and its great I love it! Hopefully the first disc of planet earth will be getting here soon.

Prayer Requests
That I have a servant's heart
Get this job

Love,
Dan

Lions tigers and bears oh my

Well this blog my be a product of my ADHD brain and I feel like going all over the place so there. I want to apologize to all you who have been saying I need to take pictures, I know I do and I haven't. You wanting pictures + me not having them = me being a horrible person and am very sorry.

The reason for the name of this blog is because yesterday I went to the zoo and it was great. We only saw half of it because we were tired so I am excited about going back. Before that my brother and I went to a Hawaiian place to eat which was pretty good and Patrick deemed a must-do while here.

I was tired because Saturday morning I got to play soccer and well I love soccer a lot. It was a great time for sure but days later I am still very sore, but totally worth it.

At some point I went to a campfire with some new friends. It doesn't compare to the ones Sam puts on every Saturday night at home but it was a good time for sure. I am excited because some of them want to play settlers sometimes. Some of you probably know the awesomeness that is that game. That night I also came up with a catch phrase for the game "Settlers of Catan: Heaven's official board game." Yes it is that good.

I had two job interviews this morning. The first one was with dunkin doughnuts which went well but they aren't hiring for another 15 days or so, that is no bueno. The second was a place called urban fresh which is a healthy grocery store with all the bad stuff still being sold, sweet I know. They seemed like they pretty much were ready to hire me. I would be working with produce because of my farm experience. They even had me tested for drugs, yay! So we will see how that pans out.

My internship is going really well the people are great and I am really enjoying myself there. Its a lot of filing and stuff but I am getting hours for credit and its going to look really great on a resume.

So I got plugged into the college group at my church here. So that's cool we have Small group once a week and hang out once a week. We should also be doing some service things soon. So its good to have my own friends.

My brother and I came up with a check list of stuff to do and I would put that in here but its already too long but its very exciting.

prayer requests
That I can stay in the bible
have a servants attitude
remember why I am here
get a job
learn at my internship
cherish the time with my brother

Well that's it for now, thanks for taking the time to read. I appreciate you and miss you.

Love,
Dan