Wheaton

Spent a few hours in Wheaton, Illinois, where we lived for 21 years and where our kids grew up.  Lunched at Luong-Loi, a Vietnamese restaurant on Main Street which was a favorite when we lived in the city. Then we visited the Billy Graham Center Museum on the Wheaton College campus.

Pictured is Blanchard Hall, which is across the street from Billy Graham Center. Blanchard Hall is built from limestone quarried in nearby Batavia, and it's architecture is modeled after buildings at Oxford University in England.

The school's motto is on the sign: For Christ and His Kingdom. Most of the schools in the U.S. 150 years or older were started by clergymen, but many of these schools have long since drifted from their church roots. Wheaton College has not!