At the time of my last entry I was a bit discouraged - but its amazing how God seems to always have everything figured out. On Friday I spoke with Father Placid about what my opportunities would be with pastoral ministry. He left me that night with the keys to the chapel and told me I could open it whenever I wanted. So after he left for the night, I opened the chapel and went around to a couple of the floors to let the kids know that its open and I would be there for a couple hours. I was happy when my first two guys walked in. The one had a very strong faith background and was not afraid to challenge me about what I believed, and I loved it! Others came just to see what the chapel looked like, and to see what pamphlets and things they could get for free. A group of girls came at one point and decided that we would read stories about Jesus together out of a children's book. I took these opportunities to introduce myself to the kids and say a short prayer with some of them. It was a great start - just what I needed. These kids know a lot more about the Bible and what it has to say than I thought they would - I was impressed, to be honest.
Outside of work, I've had a great couple of days. I discovered this thing known as "standing tickets" for Broadway shows. When the shows are sold out, they sell a certain number of these standing tickets to people who don't mind standing in the back of the first floor of seating to watch the show. Its great for a person on a budget (like me) because a regular seat to a show can be anywhere from $50-$150 (sometimes less, many times more) but you can get these standing tickets for $20-$25. So Thursday I got home from work and I went to see if I could get standing tickets for Phantom of the Opera but they were sold out - but very close to that theatre is was showing Spamalot - related to the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I got standing tickets for this show and it was pretty funny, a nice way to spend an evening. Today a few of us tried to enter a drawing to win some front row tickets to another show called Wicked, but failed - so we went and got standing tickets for Phantom and it was wonderful! (The picture above is me in front of the theatre) We may try to win tickets to Wicked again tomorrow - if we do, its a front row seat for $25 - that's hard to beat!
To finish off, I must thank my friends Dr. and Mrs. Metz for their assistance in helping me enjoy Broadway! Peace.
Outside of work, I've had a great couple of days. I discovered this thing known as "standing tickets" for Broadway shows. When the shows are sold out, they sell a certain number of these standing tickets to people who don't mind standing in the back of the first floor of seating to watch the show. Its great for a person on a budget (like me) because a regular seat to a show can be anywhere from $50-$150 (sometimes less, many times more) but you can get these standing tickets for $20-$25. So Thursday I got home from work and I went to see if I could get standing tickets for Phantom of the Opera but they were sold out - but very close to that theatre is was showing Spamalot - related to the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I got standing tickets for this show and it was pretty funny, a nice way to spend an evening. Today a few of us tried to enter a drawing to win some front row tickets to another show called Wicked, but failed - so we went and got standing tickets for Phantom and it was wonderful! (The picture above is me in front of the theatre) We may try to win tickets to Wicked again tomorrow - if we do, its a front row seat for $25 - that's hard to beat!
To finish off, I must thank my friends Dr. and Mrs. Metz for their assistance in helping me enjoy Broadway! Peace.
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