Last Day In New York

Today was our last day in the Big Apple. We work up and had a slow start but it got better as the day went on. The first big thing that happened was that Danielle got her phone back which was left at the Staten Island Ferry after Stomp. After much rejoycing from Danielle's part we headed into the city. The 9 students and Paul were dropped off by Dr. Beisaw at the Ferry so she could spend the day with her family. At the subway the students and Paul went their seperate ways. Paul to go hang out with some friends and the students to shop. The first of many stops was Chinatown where we shopped for a good hour or so. There were so many shops and a lot of things to buy. Belts, watches, scarves, shirts, sweatshirts, key chains, hair accessories, food and so much more was bought. After that Soho was the spot to shop. More clothes were bought along with shoes and so much more. At this time James headed out to visit with a friend of his. The girls were left to shop till they dropped. A subway to Rockafeller was next. We took pictures of the NBC network, the ice skating rink and some monuments/statues. We got excited to see the lego store. There were some incredible artworks made out of legos, it was a sight to see. We headed to more places to shop and met up with James where we went into Toys"R"Us. We got to ride a Ferris Wheel in the 3 story high building! At this time Molly and Krya decided to go check out some sports stores. After wandering around for a bit we decided it was time to eat seeing how it was 7 o'clock. Planet Hollywood was close so we decided to eat. After what seemed like forever we got our food only to realize we weren't as hunry as we thought. From there we met up with Paul and then headed for the Hershey store. So much chocolate!! From there we went to the M&M store and we had a blast with all of that chocolate. From there it was walking around a bit until it was time to head back to the Ferry Terminal. We got a slow start and made it to the Staten Island Ferry a few minutes after 11:30 so we had to take the next one. The ferry ride was a long one seeing how we were all tired from all of the shopping and walking. As we docked all you saw was bags of stuff as we made our way to the van. We were all excited to go to bed, until we realized we still needed to clean. It's safe to say that the cleaning is mostly done and we hope to be on the road by 8am. After a great week in New York working with some great people and a great cause, we will begin our journey back to Ohio for the second week of our spring break. New York will be missed but the memories will last a lifetime. Good night, sweet dreams and a safe trip home :)

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Albanian Islamic Cultural Center

H.U. At Community Days Meeting
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Albanian Islamic Center

H.U. Students at Community Days Meeting.
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Albanian Islamic Center

Dr. Beisaw and Staten Island religious leaders.
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Albanian Islamic Center

Community Days Meeting. One of the center's Imams, Father Jack Ryan and Caitlyn.
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Stomping the yard all day.

Once again another days starts with paul's alarm going off and him having to walk all the way across the room to turn it off.I wake up to see rachel hitting amanda to go get breakfast started and i hear snores. to my surpise breakfast was served. donuts awesome. we head out late as usual to meet jack for a meeting at the albanian islamic center. it one heck of place where people get to take their shoes off. The students were as happy as could be because we blessed with a marvelous spread of food. we really didnt know what was going on but paul made us look good with a nice after meeting prayer.

After that we ventured our way back to soup kitchen where myself, kyra, molly and rachel got ready with dr. beisaw to go pick up furniture. this was thought to be not too bad. but we got there and these desks were in the basement and were heavier than all the marbles. it took 5 of us to get it up the stairs. while we did this the rest of the gang amanda, caitlyn and chelsea got to serve a nice lunch. paul and jess went into the city to beg for some broadway tickets. after the moving and serving. james got to spend some quality time with rev jack ryan and got to go out to eat and talk to one of the most interesting people hes ever known.

after this the group got together and went to the city to meet paul and jess. there they met at St. Pauls chapel by ground zero. it was one of most memorable things i'll take away from the trip. seeing how the church was up and lended its cover to over 14,000 workers during the time is just incredible. we then ventured over to the memorial spot and saw the future plans and grabbed some memorable gifts. we than went along to eat at a nice mexican restraunt where it seemed to bring the rain. it rained and rained like it was never going to stop. as we finished we realized that our 4 minute walk was actually going to take 17 minutes. in the rain let me remind you. so the group went venturing off into the rain.

Paul and jess couldnt of picked a better play. well paul tried jess was the successfull one. we saw the show stomp. it was one the funniest and best shows i have ever seen. we were laughing from beginning to end. at the end we were all very much impressed. amanda and jess and danielle ran into a nice little girl who had a problem but they brightened her day with a smile. we than saw a chance for a great picture with the cast of the show. during this jess got an unsuspected bite from the cast member that she will never forget. we all laughed and ran back thourhg the rain. the day ended with rachel and james singing songs and dancing in ferry. thanks to project hospitatlity for everything. we will miss them all. now tomrrow is our day.