We're in Madison, WI for a couple of days where Eric is doing film work for a United Methodist youth conference with a couple of seminary friends. Mark and Jeff are the "comedians" for the program and are leading games and drama. Eric's going to do some "man on the street" (more like "youth in the hotel hallway") interviewing and creating of short clips that will be used in the program. Pretty fun. He's excited to be using a really fast digital camera and iMovie, which is super easy to navigate.
Our trip here yesterday was long, but it may have been the smoothest multi-leg trip we've ever had. It got off to a good start. We actually got out of the house on time (4:30 a.m.!) and made it to the bus stop. We happened to meet a new neighbor there (he and his wife just moved to Cornelius) and chatted quite a bit as we rode the bus. He was interested in knowing more about the Methodist church, so we talked about that. When he got off, another young guy sitting nearby had overheard our conversation and came to introduce himself. He and his wife just moved to the area from Ashland (southern Oregon) and were involved in the UMC there. It was so great to meet both of these guys and invited both of them to come to the open house we've having at our place next weekend. Imagine that--two great conversations with new friends who are interested in finding a church...all before 5:00 a.m.!
Mark W. picked us up and Midway and took us out for coffee and sammies before handing over the keys to his car. He was hoping to come up to Madison with us, but wasn't able to, so he let us drive his car here. He and Julie are so great and we are excited to hang out with them more on Monday when we're back in Chicago!
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