nyc edition_day-6

this will be a short post. it is 230 in the morning here, and we just got through with a game of sardines. if you have never played sardines, especially in an old, empty church, then you should. if you don't know what sardines is; it's this game where one person goes and hides while the others wait. then they, after the proper waiting period is over, go to find said person. as each individual, or groups if they are scared, finds the hiding person then they stay and hide with them until all have found the hider. whoever arrives last has to go and hide for the next round. it is almost always fun.
and that is what we did to end our day. everyone is asleep now. some are going to get more rest than they thought because they have decided not to go to the miley cyrus concert in the morning. others are not going to get nearly as much sleep as they thought because they decided to play sardines.
the rest of our day was fairly relaxing. the homeless team did not see their normal guys. they suspect it was because of the mean store owner from the other day. that is sad.
the rest of us did some painting and got ready for the kids to arrive. i painted a fence that is directly above a 15 foot drop-off. somehow everyone else's idea of using a ladder that has a sign on it saying something to the effect of "hey, don't use this ladder" was better than mine and allison's idea of creating a harness out of some solid rope. oh well, got it done.
after kids club we ate a lovely dinner prepared for us by rachel, ashley and gary. then we went to central park. that is just about the most amazing place in this entire city. it's a gigantic park in the middle of a gigantic city. it's almost perfect.
then we tried to go to f.a.o. schwartz, which was close. so we went next door to the apple store for a while. that was cool. apparently all you have to do to make something, let's say a store, cool, is make it clear. that's what apple did, and it worked! that store is pretty cool.
then we came back to the church, threw uno cards at each other, had a dance party, played sardines and went to bed.
tomorrow should be good. we are going to do some more work, have kids klub, then a cookout. i am excited about the cookout. i think it will be a nice chance to do the kind of ministry most of our group is good at. the relational kind. we are all pretty good at getting to know people and i think that will be a good thing.
please pray for our kids and for the cookout. throw 'em up to God and they will be taken care of. we thank you for all your prayers, we miss you, and we will see you...tomorrow (since this is technically friday). also, this turned out to not be so short. oh well. gnight! :)