Day 3

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Today was our first full day in New York City. We started out at 9am after a short but much needed night of sleep. The girls were up well before the guys. Our breakfast was traditional New York-style bagels, which were rather large and delicious.

The first church service we attended for the day was at Second Evangelical Free Church, where we’re staying, and it was in English with a fairly diverse congregation. Some team members also went to Vroom Street Church, where the maintenance projects will take place. Next, we all walked to First Evangelical Free Church for lunch, and it started raining. Hard. So hard that Ericca fell over. Almost.

So we ate our Chinese carry-out at 1^st Free and dried off. Then attended the Chinese service at 2^nd Free, which was an unusual experience, not understanding any of the message except the 5 sentences they translated for us. Later in the evening we attended the Arabic service and the speaker was a guest that day, one had recently returned from 45 years of missionary service in Jordan. He translated his message constantly for us, as it progressed. It was an interesting but tiring day.

So now we’re relaxing, preparing for our week, and eating some authentic New York pizza. Good stuff.

I hope you’re all surviving MN without us (my tall and short friends: a shout-out to you both!) We appreciate all of your prayers. We will constantly need them to keep this week rolling as smooth as it has been.