My first stop is the Big Apple. It's my first time to enter anyone's apartment in the city and I've now been in 5. I must admit the life in these tiny apartments is great, but wow it would take some serious getting used to. But we made the rounds yesterday for sure.
I am staying with Tim Bunting, a young evangelist in NYC, who mainly works with the youth. He and Roger Polanco have very similar roles and work quite a bit together with the youth. They have a niche work and I was able to follow him yesterday afternoon.
We ate lunch at a little Greek restaurant before we started our rounds--the food was fast, good and hot. It was a good little spot. After eating lunch we walked a couple blocks over to Aida's home. Aida is a member at the Sherman Ave congregation. She is in a wheelchair and not in the best health so Tim goes and visits her every Wednesday. She was a pleasure to speak with. She spoke very good English, but of course much better Spanish. Aida has been a tremendous influence on her family and nurses that take care of her and several have become Christians because of her work for the Lord. She was an encouragement to meet.
After leaving her home, we walked back to Bill Sanchez's apartment. I met Bill at leadership camp in Alabama back in the summer and really took a liking to him. Bill was not at home, but we spent the better part of an hour talking to his sister (who has been studying with Tim, but not a Christian) and several of his other relatives...Unexpectedly his cousin Kelvin (who I met at the northeast leadership camp) got home from school early and walked in the door. We spent a little time with Kelvin, but he went upstairs to his apartment to do some homework. I didn't get to see Bill until later in the evening.
We left there and headed to the Bronx to visit the Cruz boys. There are 4 Cruz boys (Kevin, Daniel, Joel and David) and they were great (Kevin, Daniel, Joel, David) I had never met any of them, but they were great. We spent the first part while they ate dinner playing video games and then continued their study in Hebrews. Tim asked me to teach the class so I taught Hebrews chapter 2. It was a pleasure doing that.
We left there and headed back to Kelvin and Bill's building because Bill was now back from school. Stopped in there 10 minutes then left and went down to the Lower East Side to do a little relaxing.
It was a busy day. Today I am meeting Don Bunting at 2pm. Don is the evangelist for the Upper West Side congregation. I won't get to spend a lot of time with him, but looking forward to the hour or so. Then this evening I will be worshipping with Spanish congregation that meets on Sherman Ave. It should be a great day.
I leave for Gettysburg, PA tomorrow.
Thanks again for your prayers. Hope all is well wherever you are.
God bless,
Wes
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