Hey guys--it's Janelle!
Yesterday we had a new experience...New York rain!! But more on that in a minute...
We started our day like all others: a 5:30 am wake up call by a song blaring from Amy's phone. Thankfully the song was much nicer than it has been before, "This I Believe (The Creed)", which we have been singing a lot in the worship. Once we all gained enough consciousness to walk downstairs, we started making breakfast and sorted the day's delivery of fruits and veggies.
When breakfast was made and the food was put away we had a pretty easy day. A group from Houston, Texas came and led worship in the morning which gave Rachel and Matt a break from the piano and guitar. Those of us who weren't serving ate breakfast with the people at the mission, and Anni and I had some good conversation with a few of the guys at our table.
By the time breakfast was over there was another volunteer group who came to make lunch, so some of us spent the late morning hanging out in our room and relaxing. At around 11 a group went out to Brooklyn to be part of the outreach program, which is where the mission goes out and gives food to the people who need it in the city. Although I wasn't part of that group, I heard really great things about that experience. The rest of us lead/joined in worship before lunch. Amy "interviewed" the people leading (not me!) and Dean shared about how God uses our troubles to strengthen us.
After lunch our group (plus Pete and Jon!) headed off to the Staten Island Ferry! We wandered around the town for a while and went to the Trinity Church on Wall Street on the way there. When we got on the ferry we thought it would be a great idea to stand outside. However, that is when it started to rain. This was not Seattle's 'light rain for five days' type of rain. This was 'flash flood warning' rain. Most the adults went inside after a few seconds but Melanie, Jennifer, Allison, Annika, Mara, Rachel, Jon, and myself stood outside. In the pelting rain and wind. For the entire 30 minute ride. Needless to say, we were all dripping for the next couple of hours. On the bright side, we passed what we assumed was the Statue of Liberty through all of the fog.
Thankfully the rain cleared up on the ride back so we were able to attempt to drip-dry and view the Statue of Liberty in all its glory. We then headed back to the mission, where we split up for dinner. We met up again for a debriefing session, sang a couple songs, and headed off to bed.
[pictures coming soon]
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