Blessed Days...In His Hands: The Big Apple

I saw this cool wall, and I just thought, we have to take a pic.

We tried, not successfully.

We felt like were staying in a "real" New York hotel.

Blueberries for breakfast.

So again, we are going to separate for a bit. Andrew will

take an Uber with all of our luggage and we will walk to the hotel.

Oh man, we are staying right by all the theatres,

we are ON Broadway!

We have tickets for Wicked tonight.

The elevator was a hit. So we had so much trouble

finding a Marriott hotel in NYC (translation: inexpensive

due to employee rate) but we got in!

Checked in and let's hit the pavement!

Feeling good!

First time seeing Times Square!

(From Dev's travel journal)

The empire state building

I think it’s ironic that we had trouble trying to get to the Empire State Building, as it is one of the tallest buildings in new York City, it just shows that when you are on the ground, you have different perspective.

looking out from the top of the empire state building, you get a very different feel than from the streets of New York. that feeling is perspective when you are eighty-six floors up, you have a pretty high view. Watching the clouds swirl around and watching the city below me was a perspective I had never had before, I felt a little bit like how god probably feels so high up and just taking everything in.

after first walking In, I was admiring this piece of art representing the empire state building. and as I paused and looked closer, I realized that this art work made of many pieces made me think of all the different nationalities that I was seeing. in the end just like the work of art, the empire state building made one big mosaic.

I recall a highlight was recognizing different buildings in Manhattan. I looked down and saw a colorful ball and realized it was the New Years Eve ball, seeing it in real life made me feel so close to something I watch on tv. I have this picture I took where the city is just sweeping out from below me, while the sky above me is a brilliant blue. I felt like I was on top of the world. And in that moment, one of New York’s nickname’s made sense, empire State.

Walking around the building and seeing the different views or perspectives was important to me. I captured another photo in one of my many times around the 1,454 foot building. I love this image because there is a streak of sunlight across the city and I think that this sun ray was captured because It showed me that god will never focus on just one streak of light or one group people, he will focus on everyone.

although the Empire State building was completed in 1931, it has showed up in many movies and tv shows, 250 to be exact. The empire state building looked just like you see it in postcards. I felt the diverse crowds gather at the top as they nudged to see the view. the architecture impressed me and I was fascinated because even though there were millions and millions of buildings they all seemed to fit together like one big puzzle. but the thing that I took away most was recognizing all the hard work that it took to see the empire state building standing 1,454 feet tall.