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As I exited the New Jersey Turnpike and paid the toll, I was met with a sea of cars and brake lights.  Here are some pictures.  My first thought was that maybe they were giving away free cheese in Staten Island and everyone heard about it.  Bad traffic is very typical for New York City [...]

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Here are some pictures of my first snow of the winter season.  I’m sure there is much more to come.

Here’s the street where Tim and Amy live.

This is my car covered with snow.  It’s a good thing the rental car company in Chicago gave me a scrapper.
I head back to Chicago tomorrow.  Hopefully I won’t encounter [...]

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All the romanticized ideas that I developed about Minnesota from being here this summer have now dissolved.  Actually, they froze.  It amazing the difference between knowing something and experiencing it.  I knew that I got cold in Minnesota because people told me, and I can look it up on the weather channel.  It’s not until [...]

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I arrived in Chicago and was pleasantly surprised to have great, warm weather on Wednesday and Thursday.  I have been here for the past two days for our Missionary Appointee Training.  As always it is great to see my fellow appointees with whom I have a bond based on a common passion and shared experiences.  [...]

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