Woodsy and Annie Visit InterVarsity Press

 

Round Trip Miles: 672.2

Total Miles Traveled: 1,238.2 miles

Latitude: 41.813142

Longitude: -87.962412

Woodsy in the book room at InterVarsity Press reading
one of Annie's favorite InterVarsity Press books,
Great Commission, Great Compassion. 

Woodsy and Annie traveled to InterVarsity Press Publishing Company in Downers Grove, IL. InterVarsity Press is a publisher of Christian books, and the company was developed as a part of the campus ministry, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship. InterVarsity Press opened in 1947 in Pennsylvania, and relocated to the Chicago area in 1960, and moved in 1966 to its current building in Downers Grove. Some best-selling Christian titles have been published by InterVarsity Press, such as Knowing God by J. I. Packer and Too Busy Not To Pray by Bill Hybels.  InterVarsity Press has published more than one thousand books and has a staff of around one hundred that works together to publish close to one hundred books per year.

Annie, Woodsy, and many friends posing for a picture together.

Annie and Woodsy were at InterVarsity Press for a training event and Annie got to reunite with some friends from different universities and Woodsy got to meet Annie's friends for the first time. On the way home, Woodsy and Annie drove through the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana, IL and saw some of the landmarks there including the Alma Mater statue, but because Annie was injured, they were unable to stop at the locations for a picture. But Annie and Woodsy saw it all out the windows of the car! They had a fantastic journey together.