hey its whitney!! we are all having a great time and the best thing is that we are all getting along fantasticly!! team swagga is sassy. Chicago is such an diverse place and it is so interesting and so much different than minneapolis. i love and miss everyone at home.

hi!!! its ashley johnson!
we have learned lots about the city of chicago with lessons and debreifing and devos...ect. This is a really well planned organization and we are doing a special program called bridgebuilders where they take groups and teach them about the city with service projects and lessons. That is me sealing a mural that will go outside. The seal lets grafitti come off easier. The sophmore boys make me laugh SO MUCH! I miss home and i'm dying to open my suprise letter!! miss you all <3,>

Hello Everyone!!!!!!!!!!
Its Drew Bohleen. Its extremely hot today in Chicago. I was apart of a team that passed out flyers for the Sunshine gospel ministry. It was advertising there free technology center that is focused for the public. Its been really fun and i'm looking forward to the upcoming week. Our church we are sleeping at is really cool its attached to these really old houses and the lights werent on so we went exploring and its awesome!!!
I wanna say hi to Mom, and Wilson!!!(Dog)
Also if Kels or Dad u are reading this from Africa.
Love you,
Drew

Hey, It's Jeff Decker!
It's been great so far! We all survived the car ride. The church is a nice place, and as Drew said, we had to secure it and make sure we're all safe =]. Today, the Swagg Team, (Me, Conner, and Drew) went out on the streets and did some canvassing, turning people toward the Sonshine Gospel Ministry. Very melty down here! I sort of miss the little bit of coolness in Minnesota.
Having a rad time,
Jeff Decker

i've been having a great time so far! chicago rocks! the car ride was a little long but i slept a lot and it was all good. sleeping was nice on the mat but it was a little warm. today i walked around with the swagg team ( me, drew, and jeff) handing out flyers for free computer use at sunshine and had some nice conversations with the locals. i'm having a great time!
Connor Stone<

hey it's Mary, and so far the trip has been great! The lesson this morning was really deep and well-taught and I got to see the city this afternoon when I conducted a survey about Sunshine's new technology center. The people were excited about it! I'm looking forward to tomorrow!

Hi Everyone, it's Sharon. We have had a hot day and a pretty full one so far - preparing murals to get posted, passing out Free technology class flyers - which was a welcome thing for nearly everyone we talked to, some cleaned an empty lot -hot and hard work but needed to be done. We are visiting the Pacific Garden Mission over the dinner hour - we are excited as that is the largest homeless shelter in the U.S.

Everyone is doing fine. The Sonshine staff is so amazing. And the group is having a great time together too. Take care.
Sharon