I grew up in Wisconsin, but I have lived in Chicago for the past five years. Besides Appleton, Chicago is the only other place I would call home. I had the great opportunity to go to Moody Bible Institute, work on a sailboat on Navy Pier and work at Trinity International University. The people and places I’ve grown to love are all in this area and saying goodbye is certainly not easy!
I will be getting in my car tomorrow and driving away from a city that has been a big part of my life. I hate saying goodbye because parting ways from people and places I’ve grown attached to is saying goodbye to a chapter in my life. While the new experiences I have coming up will be beyond comparison, I will truly miss these things:
Trinity: I have never had a full time job that I’ve stayed at more than a year. So I feel this separation the most! I can’t imagine being placed in any other office than the Admissions Office. It was more than a God-send in my life. The people I worked with there were so incredible. Working every day with the same people gives you these deep relationships you don’t even realize you are building until they are taken away from you. I made some awesome friends here. I love this campus. I love the students like crazy. I will miss Trinity more than I even realize right now.
Starbucks: As silly as it sounds, taking on a second job wasn’t all grunt work. I had a blast working in a coffee shop! And my co-workers were so great. I enjoyed most every night I had to work double duty and even though it was a short time, I will miss this place!
Friends: I was so blessed in my life with amazing friends here in Chicago. Not only at Moody, but at Harvest and at Village Church of Gurnee. I will miss my small group girls a ton. And I am blessed by the people I was able to connect with during my time here.
Downtown Chicago!: Coming here, I hated the big city. But it has grown on me, slowly but surely! My summer on the boat cemented the fact that I think this city is beautiful and full of culture. I also built a lot of great memories from going to school there.
There are so many other things I will miss about my life here. But at the same time, I have an increidble peace about leaving behind this life and moving forward with God’s calling to missions. ONE MORE WEEK!!!
Goodbye Chicago.
