A quick note from Chicagoland

We arrived in Elgin, IL on Tuesday night, and went straight to the house of some friends of ours, Craig and Emily Kaplowitz. If you have never been to Chicago, you may not be aware of deep-dish Chicago-style pizza, but it is truly an experience. Emily had ordered some from local pizza chain Giordano's, and it was a great feast after a long drive. We watched the vice-presidential debates, had a political debate of our own, and retired for the night to the hotel down the road.

Yesterday morning we led worship at Judson College's chapel, and then headed over to Naperville for our evening concert. I was able to meet a lot of great people after the concert, including a family who drove over 100 miles from Wisconsin to see us (!).

Today the guys took the train into the city for a day of adventure, while I've hung around here catching up on some work (note to hotels with free wireless internet access: I love you). At 3pm, I was the guest for professor Warren Anderson's Worship Arts class at Judson. It was a small class, so I was able to interact a bit with the students in talking about hymns, worship, and the Gospel. Tonight we play in a small room called The Eyrie on Judson's campus at 9:30, and tomorrow morning we lead worship at Trinity International University in Deerfield.