training in chicago

I thought I would post what we will be doing in training in Chicago so that you will all know how to pray for me during those 2 months. .This is part of an email I recieved from my director

I also wanted to give you a little bit more on your time in Chicago. This is a time where we try and prepare you at least a little to enter a cross cultural experience and begin the process of faith transformation that we hope you experience. The schedule is tentatively as follows.
Sunday you will visit a different church each time so that you get to experience a variety of communities of faith. People are at different places on their faith journey and build communities around a variety of expressions of that faith. We do not want you to merely take on someone else’s expression faith as your own but we do want the variety of exposures to effect you. Sunday evening will be the time usually that the resource person will come in for that week. We expect that you will practice the art of hospitality and utilize your time with these people to explore different topics of faith formation, personal development and cross cultural learning.
Monday will be a full day with these resource individuals with a mix of input and conversation. Tuesday morning will be the same. Tuesday lunch we again would like to see you all practice hospitality by opening up your meal together for others to join. We will talk about this more later.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday will be service days. In the late afternoons or evenings of each of these days you will have other activities as well. Wednesday you will also have group spiritual direction. Thursday you will have a conversation with Krista around spiritual disciplines where you will reflect on the discipline you practiced the week before and be introduced to the next weeks discipline. Friday will also be a time for group conversation in an open forum around topics or reflecting on how the group covenant is going. Saturday will be a time to explore the city, which we have a list of expectations for you. In your spare time you will need to cook meals, shop for groceries, clean, do laundry, read, journal, do language study and sleep.
This will be a full time for you and we will expect you to be emotionally, physically and mentally present. It will also be possibly the most amazing time of your year. We are thankful that you have committed yourself to this next years journey and we hope and pray that you will give it serious commitment and effort.