This weekend was a rough one. The devil’s lies had penetrated each of our hearts in some way and it was evident. Only through God’s grace are we starting to get back on track, but praise Him!, because it’s happening! This week is CRAZY busy and we have a lot of stuff to get done to start our final preparations next week before all the teams get in. Keep praying for unity in our team!
My team has been meeting with HIV/Aids organizations about the 3 rapid-testing days we’ll be teaming up with them to do. It’s been an extremely interesting learning experience. Brooklyn Plaza Medical Center was the first one we talked to and the man in charge there ended up being a godly man and spend 2 hours with us, walking us around the area and encouraging us. It was so great and much needed because we were all nervous about who we were going to run into. The others have all be very welcoming and excited to be working with us, which honestly is not what I had expected. The woman we talked to today is also a believer and she said she struggles with her job sometimes because she has to talk about HIV prevention and safety and things and it goes against a lot of what she believes, but she feels God has put her there to help slow the spread of HIV. It’s just been an all-around interesting experience.
On a fun note, there’s a movie filming on 43rd & 9th and we’re going to see it tonight!! It’s called “Date Night” and it’s starring Steve Carrel and Tina Fey! I don’t know if they’ll actually be in the scene filming tonight but their costars are Mark Ruffalo, Mark Walhburg, and James Franco. So if we see ANY of those, my summer will be made. For sure!
Well, off to work on some more hop-stopping locations to give to the incoming teams! If any of you all are coming up here for CityUprising, start praying now and get excited!!!!
following along in your blogs, Steph. I’m so excited for how God is showing you Himself in NYC!
Comment by Jennifer Lorance — June 18, 2009 @ 11:19 pm