Well, this has been a crazy, hectic week here in NYC! It’s been a great week for two reasons:
1. My parents came here (and dad took to me a Yankees game, along with a few others from HBC)! The Yankees beat the Indians and it was my boyfriend, Derek Jeter’s, birthday. What a great present for me to go see him, right?!?
2. Today ended our first official City Uprising! It was a fantastic week with some great people! So thankful for all 125 people that came up to help us pack and pass out gum with Gallery Church cards, (I lost track of how much one it hit the ten thousands), host block parties and worship together daily.
City Uprising was a huge success. There were lots of great responses to the free gum! Along with a few negative ones, but hey; someone hasto plant the seed and if they weren’t willing to listen this time all we can do is pray that they will be open to listening the next time that we or someone else tries to tell them the awesome news that changed all of our lives. I hope to see lots of new faces at The Gallery Church tomorrow and I look forward to this next week as we have another City Uprising Tuesday though Friday!
The interns along with everyone at the Gallery are very sad for tomorrow to come because it is Brandon's last day and going away party! We are going to be doing everything by ourselves next week! (if that's even possible. Brandon is superman.) Please pray for him as he prepares to move to Louisville and finish up seminary!
Here are a few pictures from the week:
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| One of my favorite places! |
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| Derek and I ;) |
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| All of the bags full of chicklets to pass out on the streets. |
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| Went to the park and stopped for a picture. |
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| Lillie wanted her own picture with the crab. |
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| A 5 year old beat me in chess. Crazy! |
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| Working hard stuffing gum! |
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| Sweet Lillie and Elliott. |
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| Silly kids! |
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| Sad times as Brandon hands us his keys to the church! |
Thanks for keeping up with my trip and me! Prayers are still greatly appreciated. J
What a great report on your first City Uprising! I remember well packaging thousands of packs of gum last year and handing them out. I really enjoyed doing that. You're right that there will always be some negatives, but each encounter is another touch from God in that person's life, and He only tasks us with continuing to spread the message, which you are doing in a wonderful way! We will continue to pray for God's care and influence in all the people you come into contact with, that the weather cooperates with the activities planned for each group that comes to NYC, and that in the several weeks you are in NYC that you get to meet Derek Jeter in person :D
ReplyDeleteJerry and I are watching Project Runway (they are Dylan's Candy Store for the challenge) - and we're missing NY! Hope you're having a good summer, and are getting some rest between all your activities!
ReplyDeleteawesome!! thank you!! its tough getting rest but I'm trying!! :)
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