Hello Everyone! Greetings from New York City. We originally intended to spend more time writing about our ministry here in the city, but we have been incredibly busy, more than anticipated which is something we are grateful for! We have continued our work with the Graffiti 2 ministry in the South Bronx for their after-school program. Brianna and I have been able to help G2 with doing some inventory of their items to help with logistical and insurance purposes. In addition, we have continued working with the South-Asian Community Center in Jackson Heights. This week Colton, the other male on our team, and I were able to have a conversation with someone from that neighborhood in regard to Christianity and its relation to Islam. This lady, a native Jew, claims to have converted to “Christianity”, and many years later, converted to Islam. Please be in prayer for our encounters with her, for she is very hostile toward us and real Christianity. The same day in which this conversation happened, our team was able to meet several pastors from various places, including one from Boston, Massachusetts, who is helping start a church plant this coming fall. This man, Jared Kirk, and his wife moved to the Boston area at the beginning of this year and invited us to become a part of their church plant. As Kelsey, one of our team members, said: “This encounter may be the reason God had to you come on this trip.” While making connections for our move to Boston is not our primary goal while here, it is a huge blessing and we can’t help but feel the encounter has a purpose! In addition to these two primary ministries, we have been able to work with Metropolitan Baptist Church in Brooklyn for various tasks. We worked there last Friday and Saturday and this Saturday, doing odd jobs for the church such as stamping tracts, organizing the pastor’s library, leading youth, and assessing the neighborhood of its other churches and ministries. We are all finally starting to adjust to the fast pace of New York City…just in time to go back to Missouri. God Bless, Jared and Brianna