NYC mission trip '07

This trip was probably the best week of my life. I was able to help so many people and just bless them because of God. I had a great time with all of the people that went and just had a great time serving.

Sunday Night - Got to the church at about 6ish. Went to Project Hospitality HQ and took a quick tour. Saw where we were gonna take showers and we headed back to the church. We ordered pizza had a quick Bible study and went to sleep.

Monday - Went to 514 Bay street. It's PH's food pantry and soup kitchen. Jon and I stayed downstairs while everyone else went upstairs to paint. Jon and I met Pete, Jack, and John. We did a whole bunch of stuff from unpacking lunch boxes to taking out the trash. It was a lot of fun. When we were done we went back to the church and got ready to take showers at about 6. We went to the park by the showers and hung out there while the girls went and took showers. While the guys took showers the girls cooked spaghetti and meat sauce. We ate had a small Bible study, hung out for a while and slept.

Tuesday/Thursday - Food pantry/soup kitchen day. Some of us were upstairs helping people get their food, some of us were runners who but people's food downstairs for them, and some of us were downstairs packing people's groceries for them. during soup kitchen time we dressed up in aprons, gloves, and hair nets. We served people their food and then we ate. After the soup kitchen we went back to working the food pantry. On Tuesday we went to a seminar on substance abuse and homelessness. The two guys talked about how alcohol ruined their lives and led to homelessness and losing their families. On Thursday we went back to the same place and played with kids from the Project Hospitality apartment complex on the playground. These were kids who's parent was trying to get their life back together. The kids were so much fun and they were so cute. I wish I could play with them again.

Wednesday - I went with Bryan, Jon, Zach, and Joey to Key Food grocery store for a food drive. We handed out fliers to tell people what we need at the food pantry. Some people just walked right by and others dropped off bags full of food. We ended up with five carts full of food and sixty dollars in donations. I went in with Zach and Joey and we got ninety-two dollars worth of food. I pitched in the other thirty -two but Mrs. Hoenszch reimbursed me and said i answered her prayer. She wanted to take forty dollars and spend it on cans. I was happy. After we went to a seminar on HIV/AIDS where Joe, Paul, and Will talked about how HIV/AIDS affected their lives.

Friday - We went into the city by ferry. It was Awesomee. We saw the Statue of Liberty and we all took pictures. When we got off we went to Singa's Famous Pizzeria and had lunch. We went to Urban Outfitter and Zach bought a pair of really tight pants. We took the metro to Central Park but first we stopped in the Apple Store. I bought a new case for my iPod just for the bag. We went through central park and made our way to 72nd street so we could see the Dakota. We made our way to Time Square where we had dinner at a BBQ place. We met Vivian's cousin and then went to Toys 'r' us. Took the metro back to the ferry terminal and went back to Staten Island and made our way back home. Awesomee week.