We are responsible for caring for the missionaries children every afternoon while we are here. I'm in the infant room with two other interns and we have eight little ones to watch. Some days have felt pretty overwhelming as some of them have never been left by mom and dad in a nursery setting before and all of them have had their routines completely upended. By Friday most of them had adjusted very well.
Tuesday we went to the church I am serving at this month and met the missionaries from the conference I are serving with. New Life Fellowship is a large non-denominational church in Elmhurst, NY (a part of Queens). The majority of the people that live around the church are Chinese and Hispanic. Here we are working in the toddler nursery in Sunday mornings and working with the 4 and 5 year olds at Summer Kids Club. I have also gotten to learn so much about what long term missions looks like. I even got to go out into the community around the church to do some of their cross cultural exercises with them!
I've also gotten to do fun stuff too. On the Fourth of July we spent the afternoon in Washington Square Park and then went to a picnic in Central Park with everyone attending the CCMI conference. Also this week, we took the Staten Island Ferry to see the Statue of Liberty and the 9/11 Memorial for the men and women from there who lost their lives that day.
Please keep me in your prayers over the coming weeks. Specifically that I would have lots of energy this week as I help with Summer Kids Club at the church and then work with the babies at the CCMI conference in the afternoons. Also for the neighborhood children that are coming to Summer Kids Club and hearing the Word for the first time.
Here are some pictures that I took today at New Life.
More updates and pictures coming soon!
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