Its weird. All of the volunteers arrived today by noon - and it was like a reunion. Usually reunions consist of people gathering because they used to spend a lot of time together and "reunite" to catch up (for instance: high school reunions or family reunions). But these people I just saw a couple weeks ago.....and we only spent 3 days together....so I have to admit that I think its weird that I got excited when they walked in the door. What could explain this? I can only think of one thing - Psalms 133:1 says "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" These people, despite hardly knowing them, are my family and we are here for a common purpose. This strange connection we feel could only come from the Giver himself. I must say that its good to know that when I can't be around my natural family, that I will still be surrounded by family - can't beat that.
Switching gears, last night was awesome in a few ways. Little did I know that when I wrote last nights entry, the night was only just beginning. I decided to go play my guitar for a little while. I started in the living room by myself, but before I knew it there were about 10 people there with me. I played guitar, my friend Clint busted out his African drum, and others joined by patting on their legs or singing (or trying out the sweet drum). It turns out that our group has a number of musicians of one type or another, which is very exciting to me. Music is a huge part of my personal and spiritual life, and to know that I will have people here to share that with is awesome.
After a while of hanging out and worshiping, we realized that there was a pretty intense thunder storm going on outside, so we decided to hang out on the roof as God displayed his power - very cool.
This morning I woke up early and took the subway into town to take a nice run in Central Park - It was a great chance to relax and enjoy the city. Then orientation/training started a little later. We will spend the next couple of weeks being acclamated to all the things we will be dealing with in the field so it should be pretty intense. For now, its dinner time!
Peace
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A journal of my experiences while volunteering at Covenant House New York
2 comments:
Hey man!
I am SOOOOO Proud of you. I still love you very much!
I will keep touching base to see how God is wrenching your heart this summer with His kids!
Keep on man!
Dan McLaughlin
Zack this is kate i left an earlier post but had to make it anonymous oh well lol i got my interent to work for five minutes so i wanted to ask how you're getting into new york? hopefully it's free if it's costing more than a buck fifty or two dollars(they could have raised rates since i was there last) the Path takes you pretty much anywhere in the city for way cheap it's what a lot of the new yorkers use but you're so resourceful you prolly already found a cheap way, lol.
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