This trimester is now over. New York was very interesting, overwhelming and educational. By experience New York is the epitome of the America Dream. On the way down to New York we stopped at a Vineyard church. There we ministered to the people there. Ken talked about what we do and then interprated dreams. Then we went and ministered to the people in teams. It was good to minister to Christians because we didn't have to veil our speech, we could actually say Jesus right away. The people were amazing and they recieved us well.
The next day we headed for Long Island. There we stopped at Sharayah's church having a place to stay for the next three nights and to later minister to. That night we drive down town in the middle of traffic chaos. I have never been in such nerve racking traffic in my life, and I wasn't driving. While trying to find the "Learning Annex Center" (Donald Trump Conference) we struggle through taxi cab cludder. We made Streams Ministry History by blocking New York traffic; Ken makes an atempted U-turn, Ali in the other van following close behind. John Harding had to get out and stop traffic so both vans can back off the sidewalk and continue on the street. Ken and Ali I plaudit for remaining sane. Finally getting to the "Learning Annex" we rush in and go to our training. I and most of the guy would be doing product which is just moving the product that these "financial teachers" would sell their teachings. Other guys did crowd control. The girls would be sale assistants and hosts. After training we take two hours to get back to Sharayah's church and eat a well prepared meal, pizza. It tasted so good after such a crazy day.
Next day we go in and start working. For twelve hours we move boxes of financial teachings around the Center. I learned a lot moving boxes. One was to remain in an attitude of servanthood while people are rude to you, which is very hard, but possible to do. The next day I almost got fired by a manager that wasn't my manager. The manager was blowing off some steam at me because things were getting stressfull. Imagine: "Mom i got fired during an outreach"
The speakers gave advice on Real Estate and Taxes and a bunch of other random advice. Speakers in the begining seemed like they wanted to help these people who were listeing. As time went on I'm sad to say that the speakers got worse. I noticed that the people there were desperate. The man before Donald Trump was a financial teacher that uses hypnotising that "influences" people to get rich. It felt repulsed by it all. People were all for him.
Before Donald Trump went on we had to pass out these balloon sticks that say Trump on them. As i was going from aisle to aisle passing out balloons, more and more people got out of their seats surrounding me. It felt like I was feeding starving people. When Donald Trump came on it was more entertainment than anything.
Finally after 12 hours the first day, 16 hours of working the second day the madness was over. We went back to Sharayah's church ate and slept. The next day we sleep in until twelve and minister to the church that night. The people fed us well and treated us greatly. Then 11 at night we made our 6 hours journey back home to New Hampshire.
Tuesday our last day we had a dinner and a commencement. It was hard to say good bye, that day was tough for me. I'm not good at goodbyes.
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