Here I am in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, interning for the Metro New York Baptist Association. It's been a blast so far! My roommate Season and I arrived last Friday. We are staying on the fifth floor, with bathrooms on 4 and the kitchen on 3. We thought our room was small at first, and deemed it Harry Potter's cupboard, but after some comparing we realized that it's quite spacious for an intern in New York. We have a wonderful window, so we can't complain. Another thing on the building- the elevator is original from the 1920's and has to be operated by hand, which means we always take the stairs.
Our job will be working in the office with the MNYBA staff and helping to host the mission teams that come in all summer. We also help out in various churches as needed. On our first Sunday, Season and I traveled with Joshua to La Palabra, a Spanish church, and to The Father's Love, an Indonesian church, both in Queens. I understood Spanish church but Indonesian church was a great experience for me because I didn't understand one word of Indonesian. It is great to be reminded of how people feel in a new country.
We have also been doing a lot of sightseeing. We went to the Brooklyn Bridge and Times Square on our first day. We have also visited the museum of natural history and the museum of modern art. We toured lower Manhattan, through Chinatown, Little Italy, and SoHo. We saw the flatiron building and Union Station. Today we went into Brooklyn briefly and saw Prospect Park and had lunch with some other interns working in Park Slope. Brooklyn is huge and it is not easily explored.
Ephesians 6:19 Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.
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