Day 3: July 17

After the morning prayer for the outing and the campers, the scavenger hunt was on! We walked to the Cypress subway entrance and our campers got to choose where we got off. Angel chose 70th street. We walked several blocks to get to Central Park. It was funny to notice the difference in the manhattan and the Bronx neighborhoods. How segregated we are. Money has become the main focus. The haves want more and more, and the have nots have the opportunity to get less and less. 

Our group placed third and we got points for visiting the Alice in wonderland statue, the castle, asking foreigners how to say love in different languages, and lots of other things. They even performed a so g for a family that was so encouraging to them. We had so much positive reaction. The people of New York have been great! We wore them out at the playground, then trekked back to the Subway. The kids were so tired that we literally had to push them down the sidewalks. It was a very very long day. After we were finished with camp for the day, we got on the subway headed to the Sidecar Restaurant, or so we thought... Hop Stop app works great, if you get the right address in it. We walked to where we thought it was located...and nothing. Uh oh. I felt like a big goon. I asked a man on the street quickly for a suggestion before I was eaten by the mob for leading us astray. We ended up having dinner at Pete's Tavern which is very famous. Apparently it's a hop spot for lots of celebs. Dinner was good and we headed back to the Bronx afterward. When we got back to the room LaShunda dropped a bomb on us: she left her cell phone in the bathroom of CVS on Park Ave. 

I was dead dog tired and at the end, but nothing a coke zero and the chance to do some wandering couldn't perk up!

Mary Helen, laShunda, Lawana and I headed back to 23rd and park. Thankfully we got the phone. We then took a short can ride to Little Italy to pick up some Italian Pastries at my favorite place, Ferrrara's. we got a strawberry tarlette, a couple of canolis, a cheesecake truffle, and a Napoleon, . We ate them all in no time so they wouldn't melt. We then finally made it back to the hotel around 11:30. We certainly saw that this neighborhood was no where for anyone to be walking around after dark. We all made it to our rooms and it seemed only minutes had passed until we were up again and ready to go for Day four of camp!

God we pray for strength and endurance mentally, physically as we'll as emotionally, Amen.