Rev. Steve Pichaske

Dani Genandt

Office 309/243-7300

Evan Penn

Pat Campbell

309/253-3979

 

Kirsten Ryan

309/361-5200

 Last week was Spring Break week for the Pichaske kids and all of the other youth in Dunlap. Unfortunately, Spring Break for the Peoria District 150 schools where Beth teaches won’t roll around for another few weeks. So it was a pretty boring week for the Pichaskes. In fact, the highlight of my week probably occurred Friday evening in the Dwight Dairy Queen. If you’ve never been to the Dwight Dairy Queen, you’re not missing anything too special (although our hostess, Jenny, was quite pleasant). What made an early dinner of overly crispy chicken tenders and fries the highlight of my week? The answer was simple: Beth, Addison, Alex and I met our college students, Megan and Matt there for a quick meal. The six of us are all in pretty different life stages, and it’s easy for each of us to get self-absorbed. As all four kids spent a few minutes together laughing and telling stories, I was reminded of what every parent already knows: Nothing makes a father’s heart happier than seeing all of his kids demonstrate their love for one another.

It’s no different with our heavenly Father.