summer in the city

what a long week and a half it has been since the last time i wrote! forgive me, i am sick. yeah. it was bound to happen!
day four we just had some more training... i think... then we got together with the whole project and explored the museum of modern art. it was... interesting to say the least. it was cool to see the original works of van gogh and picasso but the rest of the stuff i didnt really care about. it was a bit strange for my taste... after that we set out looking for an indian restaurant. we didn't really realize that we were in an extremely rich part of town until we saw the ferrari and mercedes stores. that's when i suggested going to a less rich part of the city.
well, some exciting news. i have a boyfriend and his name is Lower East Side. it's pretty serious and don't judge because though i've only known him a week it has felt like a lifetime! juuuuust kidding. but seriously, the lower east side in manhattan is the most exciting and the cutest place here in the city. it's quiet; no tourists! by the time we arrived all of us were tired and starving so we stopped at a japanese restaurant. jamie and i ate sashimi, which was oh so delicious. we plan to make trips to the lower east side a regular event.
day five... this is why i need to write more often than once a week... all i can remember is that for dinner we went to the seinfeld restaurant in the upper west side. it was a couple of blocks from the hudson. the restaurant is called tom's restaurant. it was fun to hang out with the girls and get to know them even better. after eating we went to herald square for more shopping... yeah, i know... well, some of us had to go to the bathroom so we figured there had to be a ton of bathrooms in macy's right??? wrong. there was one all the way up on the seventh floor. there were literally employees directing traffic to the bathrooms. it was the strangest bathroom ordeal i've ever experienced.
day six was also a blur. we went to church at City Church in Manhattan near times square. the service was ok... i personally didn't really connect with the pastor but it was still a good experience! after church a big group of us went to planet hollywood for lunch. very expensive restaurant but there were a bunch of trinkets and such from movies. it was definitely a good choice to go and experience that. i really have no clue what else happened on sunday...
day seven was the first day of our ministry site... please read coney island blog (coming soon) to read about our experience there. afterwards, the arts track held a worship night at the monday night meeting. it was great, after being so physically tired to worship and praise God for a couple of hours. tribeca is an amazing project, there are some really great people apart of this! a couple of girls did an interpretive-like dance that was beautiful, there was some singing and guitar playing. it was just what i needed.
day eight continued at our ministry site. action groups (bible study) followed. we are doing a series about compassion for the poor. we are starting to see what poverty really means and who it affects and how it happens. it is absolutely heartbreaking but such an awesome thing to grow in knowledge about.
day nine continued at our ministry site as well. after a day of strenuous work we were provided with the opportunity to get dressed up and go to Mary Poppins on broadway! it was so awesome. first we went to dinner at my favorite place in times square- juniors. their cheesecake is to die for! and the show was absolutely incredible. the set was amazing the way it changed and moved around. burt walked on the ceiling, mary flew with her umbrella. there was tap dancing, ballet dancing... the singing was great. it has reached the top of my list that's for sure!
day nine was the last day at our ministry site. after we went to queens for our track night at the hlic office in long island city. see, in queens, people will say which neighborhood they live in instead of saying that they live in queens. it's because it's so big! our speaker lisa... i can't remember her last name.... talked about reconciliation of God's people with each other. the main focus was on black and white people because of the vast history between us. it was extremely helpful and convicting! ... i keep falling asleep...
day ten (today) i slept most of the day to try to get over this stinkin' cold. i got up for a couple of hours to have discipleship time with sam and amanda. we talked about spiritual warfare. what a perfect topic to end such a trying week. then tonight we went to a mets game. i wore my boston hat and didn't get harassed! it was a fun time but i couldn't yell because of my cold. =( the mets won, i may or may not have gotten on tv in minnesota because i was surrounded by signs that said CIRCLE ME BURT. he's a sportscaster in minnesota for the twins who circles fans on his tv while reading the highlights. after coming back to the village we went to a dessert place called sweetie pie. wayyyyy overpriced for what it was but it was cute none the less.
ok... time for bed i am falling asleep. tomorrow i will write about our ministry site Coney Island Lighthouse Mission... night!