Why we went to Wheaton in February

1. To participate in two different church missions conferences
2. To visit a college roommate going back to freshman year at Taylor
3. To speak to a Saturday men's group of about 60 guys - and really feel Immanuel
4. To table for ISI during a Ramah Tamah Cafe'
5. To get acquainted with the pastor of global outreach at Wheaton Bible Church
6. To shop at Repeat Boutique
7. To learn something of the incredible and diverse apps that have been developed out of the Jesus video
8. To carry (3 times) the national flag of Nepal while wearing a colorful shirt from Nigeria during the processional in Sunday worship at College Church in Wheaton
9. To deliver a two minute testimony (be precise!) in the evening "service" at College Church
10. To enjoy potluck Sunday lunch with about 25 people from the Sojourners Adult Community at WBC
11. To relax with two other couples our age - whom we had not met before - during a Friday evening with their "small group"
12. To tell 2-3 year olds a story about Wati whose grandpa climbed a coconut tree; and, invite them to feel a real coconut  while singing "1-2-3 Jesus loves me..."
13. To watch "Prince Caspian" and eat home-made pizza with Jim Gieser's parents
14. To drive more than 2400 miles in two weeks - safely
15. To savor a four-hour restaurant lunch with friends whom we had seen only once in the past forty years!
16. To watch I.U. play badly on regional TV against OSU while tasting Donna Kostanski's delicious chocolate chip cookies in their home in Bloomington, IN
17. To find ourselves with a flat tire in a church parking lot with snow flakes falling
18. To shovel snow more than once