travelin' man

I am off in the morning to New York city for a pre-trip visit to our summer mission trip location. We will be in NYC July 2-8 and working at Greater Restoration Baptist Church through MissionsConnect. There are plenty of links I could have inserted there but if you are really that interested, the guys over at GOOGLE seem to be on to something.

I am doing the first part of my trip alone. I land at Laguardia at 1130 and plan to make my to Times Square on my own via public transportation. This will either be a confidence builder or a deal breaker. It really is up in the air.

I dont know why The City (as it is known in my mind, the rest of us really are just trying to catch up, right?) freaks me out so much. I grew up in the suburban sprawl of D/FW. I had to go get my car at 3am from downtown fort worth as a 17yr old, didn't bother me. I have traveled all over the country alone and with family, places I have never been before, it was all fine, but the city bus just freaks me out a little.

Surely you will get an update from me at some point this week. I may have to blog from my treo, unless it gets stolen in queens, but I may try to blog anyway. I know it will be good fun and there really are several things I am looking forward to, the main one being, building up enough confidence to think that bringing a bunch of crazy (used affectionately, of course) teenagers from MAYBERRY to the Big Apple is actually agreat idea. The jury is still out, but I really do use the word crazy affectionately. I love these kids.

peace from mayberry, on the way to the big apple.

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ONE MORE THING...Element Votes (see below)
It seems that everyone outside of my household votes for the all blue element. This is a fine choice and could be had since there seem to be lots of them on the lots. But, when my wife found out that having a E that has all the panels the same color (no grey or blue plastic accents) is a $500 option, she is out. $500 is a payment or two and saying it is just $8 extra per payment is not a good rationalization. So, for now, voting is in, though I would still like your opinions, and we are going to go with what gets us the best price. Probably lookin at silver with blue panels. I will most definitely need to come up with some funny name for it like the legomobile, or toontruck if that happens, but I got enough mojo to pull off a silver and blue vehicle until I am 40, you think???