Here are some things that I learned this year on the trip:
- People from North Carolina are crazy for 7-Eleven. Desperately crazy.
- I am crazy for Jamba Juice. I already knew that, but it was nicely supported on this trip.
- Toy Story 3 is an amazing movie, even when seeing it with a theater full of 300 elementary kids.
- Chris Shore made it into a surprisingly large amount of our pictures, considering he was in Montreal while we were on the trip.
- Chicago is still the coolest city in America.
- It's amazing how much fun can be had with a clothes pin and some sneakiness.
- Filling 1 pound bags with Wheaties for four hours is surprisingly satisfying.
- Curtis Crews is one slippery fellow. Michael Telford is not.
- "Ice Cream and Cake" is a dance, not just a popular menu for birthdays.
- "Naked" (a fruit juice blend without preservatives or added sugar) is the perfect beverage for the road.
- It's better to be a pencil than a pen.
- There is a Target in Chicago.
- A field full of hundreds of wind turbines is beautiful.
- Carl will tolerate nasty candy, a lousy seat in the game, and post it notes on the car. He is one of the best friends you can have.
- A circular room filled with tricycles is fun no matter how old you are.
- In large groups, high school folks care a lot about the World Cup.
- You can get free wireless in Chicago if you are willing to walk around a bit and sit on a street corner.
- Lake showers are almost as good a regular showers.
- 15 hours in two vans in one day is much easier than I would have thought.
- Mexican candy has the potential to create emotions in you that you didn't know you had.
- Jared Elder has seen things that you wouldn't believe.
- Family Force 5 needs to release an acoustic album.
- If you take a Frisbee on a youth trip, there's a good chance it's not coming back with you.
- Seating in Perudo matters more than I would have thought.
- Everyone wants to sleep on Marshall Horsman's shoulder.
- Chicago is easy to navigate, but also easy to get lost in.
- Portillo's is worth getting lost for.
- You can only get so wet in the rain.
- Most kids just want someone to notice them.
- There are few things as amusing as looking at your reflection in a huge bean shaped mirror for a while.
- Sometimes, they have tornadoes in Chicago.
- Cooking hamburgers in a frying pan on a camp stove is a bit dicey.
- We have amazing leaders in our youth group.
- We have awesome students in our youth group.
- This will be a hard trip to top.
- There is a lot of need in Chicago.
- God is doing great things, both in the city, and through the members of this group.
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