nyc edition_finale

well, we have been back in Texas for a week now, and i never finished the nyc edition. i hope i haven't left you with jaws agape, drooling over the possibility of the next installment. and i'm sur ei haven't, so i will not apologize.
but we are back, and the trip was great! as for the final two days there:
friday was long. we worked all day in the church, did the final kid's camp, and then prepared for, and had, the friday night cookout. the time between kids camp and the cookout was a little stressful. no one told us the kids would probably hang around for the cookout, and not go home as normal. so at one point, while everyone else had gone to prepare for the cookout, i looked around and found myself in the gym with 12 delinquents. ok, i'm kidding...there were only 10. ok, kidding again, they weren't all delinquents. most of 'em were great kids and i will miss them. but they were definitely tough. please keep praying for them and their families.
anywho, i realized i need to go help set up, so i left the kids with pastor kevin and two homeless guys that wondered in. i think they were fine.
the cookout was populated mostly by homeless people and a few parents of the kids. i don't think anyone from the street the church is on showed up. i'm not sure how much they like those weekly cookouts on their street that bring in what they may consider "riff raff", but the "riff raff" enjoy it and are very grateful. i may one such man named esteban, or steven for us whities. he was apparently a former banker who seemd to know quite a bit about the economic state of our country. he had fallen on some hard times and lived on the streets for a bit. now he lives with a bunch of family in a small apartment in brooklyn. he gave me some great isnight on the homeless condition in new york. there are quite a few people who can't help it simply because it costs too much to live anywhere in new york. i fi get in to school at nyu, this may be me.
the cookout went well, everyone seemd to have a great time. jeremy looked like he got cooked (he was on the grill all night with dwayne). then a few of us went in to town for one last night, and then came back to the church.
the next day, a few of us got up and went to the Met. the ones who decided to sleep in took a while getting to the Met, and then complained that we left them. those silly heads. i love 'em anyway! i also visitied FAO schwartz, then we all went back to the church, got our luggage, and went to the airport.
i think the coolest thing about this day was pointed out by our very own elizabeth montez. she siad that it would be relaly cool to go back Texas, hang out with people saturday night, and when they ask what we did today say "oh you know, went to the Met." good point montez.
well, that was a quick wrap up of our last two days in brooklyn. i would hav eat least done day 7 in new york, but the internet connection i was highjacking wasn't there when i tried. so, it took me a week of being in Texas to get around to it. i hope you have enjoyed this saga, adn that you will continue reading aboput my life. if you get reeeallly bored.