Sing the Messiah to NYC part2
Posted on Apr 09 2006 | Tagged as: faith in action, learning, places i visit
TRIP UPDATE:
Thursday night we went to the production of STOMP. It was amazing! The most impressive part was when they were playing paperbags. Yes….paperbags! It sounded incredible. On our way back we came across a gospel group that was singing in the subway. It was uplifting to stop and praise God with them in the moment. I recorded it the best I could with my phone; you are welcome to listen to a portion of the singing below.
Listen to the subway singing – Praise God!
On Friday morning my guys and I took of for 5th Avenue. I stopped of at St. Patricks Cathedral while my guys did a little window shopping in Saks Fifth Ave. I made them go to the Cathedral after I saw how beautiful it was. We then proceeded down to the very tip of Central park and jumped on a subway toward the hotel. We grabbed a little pizza for lunch. It was great!
Off Fifth Ave – Rockefeller Center
After lunch and while the students were rehearsing I went with a few parents to take a tour of the United Nations. This was fascinating! Below you can seee me in the meeting room of the UN Security Council. Next to me is one of many murels on display taken from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights document. This one captured my eye.
A few of the facts I can remember from the tour:
-6.5 billion people in the world today – half of them live on $2 a day or less
-There are 30 million orphans today as a direct result of loosing parents to Aids
-191 member nations in the UN general assembly
-15 members of the Security Council – 5 permanent members – the others are voted in each year.
-The UN Budget is 2.5 billion every 2 years – the US is responsible for 22% of that budget
-The UN property is international territory and does not belong to the US
-The money ($9 million) to purchase the property was donated by the Rockefellers
-There are 85k UN peace keeping troops in the world today
There was much more, but that is the best I can do for now.
In the evening we took the subway to the Mets game. We had a box all to ourselves. They provided us with a buffet dinner, we saw two home runs, and enjoyed the game in an amazing setting. The Mets guy came to our box to visit.
More to come…
on 10 Apr 2006 at 11:27 am 1 Jon Knapp said …
I would love to see the UN sometime. Sounds like a great trip!
on 12 Apr 2006 at 10:20 am 2 Steve said …
I can smell the hotdogs and cracker jacks…Mets, box seats…wow…read jealousy here….