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Letting Go

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September 29, 2015

Yesterday, we woke up in Illinois and drove to Ohio.  It was a nice drive and we stopped in Indiana at the Sand Dunes and walked to a beach on Lake Michigan.  It was windy and the locals said that it was the best waves they had ever seen on the lake.  We have seen so many amazing things on this trip.  Our creator God is totally amazing.  There really are not any words or pictures that could describe the beauty that this county holds.  Yesterday were able to see Chicago from a new perspective.  From a distance.  It looked much different than it did as compared to being in the heart of the city.

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And that is where my heart is today.  Perspective give so much to a situation.  I didn’t know what to expect as we set out on this adventure.  I wasn’t sure how my kids would do.  I wasn’t sure how Ryan would do.  I wasn’t sure how I would do.  But, I knew this was a journey that we were to embrace and embark upon.

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As the seven of us live together in an RV we are learning to love well.  I see my own faults come out.  I see when I get frustrated with situations and lean toward taking the frustration out on one of the kids or Ryan.  Maybe it’s because no-one can really escape.  At home we can run to our rooms with hurt hearts.  Here, our hearts are more exposed when they are hurt.

I’m learning to let go of some things.  I like things tidy and neat.  That is hard to accomplish that to my standard while living in an RV with seven people.   And there are so many things I miss.   I miss my college kids who are working hard at school in MN.  I miss family.  I miss friends.  I miss doing church and the fellowship that we have at our church.  I miss my bed and my bathroom.  I miss my washing machine.  I miss my friend who cuts and colors my hair.

Letting go.  Ryan told me to sit on his shoulders while we were in the beach yesterday.  If you know me, you might know that my first response was “No… I can’t do that; you can’t hold me…” Excuses.  He gently encouraged me.  I did it.  Grace snapped a picture.  Letting go is a good thing to do.  Living in community is a good thing to do.

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I am so thankful for this time with my family.  I am thankful for this opportunity to grow in my marriage with Ryan and in relationship with my kiddos.  I am thankful to do life from a different perspective and am learning so much doing it.  I have a pretty amazing group of people to do life with.

Rachael

“And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.” Colossians 3:15

 

Chicago, Illinois

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September 28, 2015

We woke up in Union, Illinois. We got ready then drove into Chicago. We first drove under the L. It was really cool driving around Chicago. I loved looking up at all the tall buildings. We saw a building that for the roof it was a steep slant. It’s very dangerous that it’s at a slant because in the winter snow piles up on it and then big ice sheets fall on the intersection. After driving around a little bit we found a parking spot. We had to go up 12 floors to find a parking spot.

The first activity we did was the Willis tower. We went up the elevator which was really fast! When we got to the top we went in the cubes that hang over the road 108 floors down. My dad was freaking out. It was a little scary at first. It was so cool! We got some pictures then went to go look at the gift shop. We went down the elevator to go look at more things.

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After looking at the amazing Willis tower, we went to go eat at Giordano’s which is a super good pizza place. We wanted to get the bus tour so we went to go get tickets. We started talking to someone to get the tickets but then the other people who work at the other company tried to get us to get their tickets so then they kept changing the prices back and forth. We finally decided one of them.

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When we got on the bus we stopped at the bean and got off. It was really cool. I got some pictures of the bean then I walked under it. It looked so confusing. It gave me a headache. We got back on the bus and the bus went to the lakeside off Chicago. It was really windy on the lakeside but we got to see Lake Michigan. It was amazing!

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Then we drove up to Wisconsin. To get a keychain and to get a picture by the Wisconsin sign.

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My favorite part about the whole day was the Willis tower because I thought it was really cool going into the cubes. A cool fact I learned was that the Willis tower was first called the Sears Tower but then Sears sold it and the new owners named it the Willis tower.

-Greta