finding the hudson

8th floor

Statue of Liberty from afar

“Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness…’ For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12:8-10

I knew before coming to New York that I had some work to do. I was so convicted before I left of things in my life that need work—things that I can’t keep ignoring because I’m ‘young’ or busy or above. God promises to meet us, in Kenya or Alaska, Greensboro or Northern Ireland, or here in Manhattan. God is working. I will say, growing pains are a little more painful when you’re on your own, but praise is due even for that. Isolation and distance are sometimes necessary to remind us of our weaknesses which surely glorify Jesus. “…For my power is made perfect in weakness.” Looks like it’s back to the basics for me, learning the gospel and why it’s imperative to wrap around my heart and mind every morning. The character of Christ has to be sought in order to find strength in Him—in order to fight.

Sorry to start so heavy, but honestly it’s kind of hard to write about a day at the office or running on the Hudson before getting all of that off my mind. God uses this blog, making what He’s doing much clearer when I’m writing to all of you…

Okay, well favorite find this week: Hudson River Walk. I actually just got back from there after getting sun/walking, but on Tuesday it was so beautiful that when I started running to the gym I got distracted and kept going. Ended up on the Hudson. At sunset. The path curves on and off the water with cafes and piers and rollerbladers and sailboats and basketball courts and an awesome view of New Jersey. Then sure enough, while I was already awestruck, I see that I’m running toward the Statue of Liberty. Needless to say, I did the same run on Wednesday… This punk ran by me in a Krzyzewskiville shirt , so I sped up and caught him for a while (a step ahead of course) but unfortunately couldn’t hold it… Sorry to disappoint guys, homeboy was sprinting. After that it has been fun to look for people wearing Carolina gear. I kind of do that daily, like yesterday a guy with a coveted Intramural Champion shirt walked by me on 7^th, and a guy playing ball was wearing tarheel shorts. I’ll try to take pictures, like I Spy or something.

DETAILS work was great this week, got to go to some meetings that cleared some questions up, one meeting was a walk-through the August issue which was so cool to hear about. The editor-in-chief, Dan Peres, took the staff through the vision behind articles and different stories about each piece. Also went to a status meeting with just the advertising team, great group of people. We casually talked about a beach party with Zac Efron, is this real life? Also was able to catch up more with Lisa, she’s unbelievable—so lucky to be working with her.

Lisa and Christy invited me to a beauty sale that Glamour was having during our lunch break. I was clueless but grabbed some cash and headed up to the 16^th floor… They were selling all of their sample products for ONE DOLLAR. Jackpot.

By the way, thanks for all of the support. I’ve gotten some encouraging phone calls, hugely thoughtful packages from Jamie and Lauren in N. Ireland, and even a letter all the way from a special someone in Kenya (pray for Ben as he’ll be teaching in a village called Morloo for the next two weeks!). Mail always comes at the perfect time, thanks for loving me guys.

Exploring the East Village after Jack’s cycling class tomorrow… if I can’t afford anything, I’ll let you know where to get the best cup of coffee and a scone. I’m convinced that’s what exploring is all about anyway.

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