Another Week, Another Update

Heeeeeeeeeeeeere's Bradley!

Yes I am still alive and still in Chicago. Project is now hitting full swing, as the staff are gone and the students have taken over. As a result, my busyness levels have risen. I am now handling support and reimbursements for all the students here, as I mentioned last week, which requires me to scan and fill out a bunch of paperwork to send to the financial people of Campus Crusade for Christ. It's exactly as exciting as it sounds, but the job is essential and I'm glad that it fell to me to get it done. It's nice to be needed.

I'm also doing tech for pretty much everything here, which is fun, if stressful. I get to set up and tear down all the equipment, run slides and videos and music, and generally be the go-to guy for tech needs. It's awesome to get to do something I enjoy so much. And people are genuinely grateful for what I do, which is a new experience for me. I'm not used to getting so many thanks for simply being who I am. It feels good, and I thank God to be able to work with such awesome students.

God continues to work on the campuses we are reaching with the Gospel. International students continue to come to English Club and the International Bible Study that we started on UIC's campus. A group of project students also started a volleyball outreach on the campus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, which has seen many of the IIT students participate. And a lot of students have been coming to our Thursday night "Chi-Time" meetings. God is definitely moving in Chicago. Please continue to pray that hearts would be opened and turned to Christ.

I think this last week was most beneficial in helping me get to know more of the students here on project. Sunday afternoon we had a human scavenger hunt, where we set out in groups to search for members of the Community Team dressed up in disguise. My group and I ran all over the area around Michigan Avenue chasing down the undercover students. The search was hectic and exciting as we raced through stores and down roads. At the end my team found 7 of the 9 tricksters and ended up winning the competition. We got gift cards to Forever Yogurt, so a group of us went out for some froyo afterward. So, so yummy.

Tuesday, I went to the beach with my fellow Buckeye, Ben Jenkins. On Tuesdays, we do beach outreach, where we go talk to college students chilling on the beach. However, for some reason, there weren't a lot of people at the beach when we arrived and most who were there were families or kids' camps. So instead of talking to other students, Ben and I talked to each other and got to know each other better. We shared life stories, talked about our families, what we had experienced with faith, and other such things. I felt really blessed to be able to learn more about my brother in Christ.

God has continued to build up my friendships with other students from OSU. There are 20 of us here and, like Ben, I am getting to know them better and better. Going back to school next fall is going to be an awesome experience, since I'll have these relationships to go back to and we can all take our work here for the Lord back to Columbus and continue the spread of the Gosple throughout the Buckeye Nation. It will be interesting to see what great things God does through us.