Today started out in a rush!  I overslept! 

But I still made it to the BT on time.  We started out with a Word Music reading session.  That’s where they give everybody music and we just sing it.  It was really a great experience and it turned out to be a PRAISE session.   It seems that you can’t go to BT without having a praise time!  It is so awesome.

We then had 2 breakout sessions.  One was how to build a choir from the ground up and the other was on administration.  Carol Cymbala held the latter and her daughter, Chrissy held the first.  She has a tremendous story of how she completely rebelled and then came back to Christ and is now leading worship at a church in chicago where her husband pastors.

After that, we had lunch and then back to the BT for a session with Paul Baloche.  He is an incredible singer though I thought his talk was a bit scattered and seemed unprepared.  Nevertheless,  it was great seeing him and he is doing a full concert on Sunday.  Tomorrow is when I get to sing with the choir and I cant wait.  Please pray I don’t oversleep! LOL!

The day was over about 3:30 and made my way to the subway and headed into Manhattan.  I wasn’t prepared for what I saw when got off the subway and made my to the street.  I ended up right in the middle of Times Square.  Pictures and TV do not do it justice.  I have never seen so many lights and so many people before in my life.

I stopped at a little shop and bought a few things today to bring home.  I bought me a miniature Statue of Liberty to put on my desk!  It is so cool.  And I bought a few other things too.

I then made my way to Broadway where I purchased my ticket for…..Phantom of the Opera at 8:00.  While I waited,  I shopped a little more and got me a hot dog from one of the vendors on the street. 

POTO was everything I imagined it to be.  The staging, the lighting, everything was just great.  I was kinda sad when it was over.  Great show and I am glad I got to experience that.

As I was leaving I got to see the NYPD take a man to the ground right in front of me.  That was pretty cool….though that man didn’t think so.

A few things I noticed today….in Brooklyn, there is a smell.  Those of you who know me well, know that I can smeel something good or bad a hundred miles away.  But the smell is a sweet sorta smell….almost like perfume, almost like flowers….can’t put my finger on it.  Weird, I know.   

This really is the city that never sleeps.  At 11:30 tonight….the subway was packed with people.  I couldn’t believe it. 

Well,  that’s all for tonight….I will be back tomorrow night with another update….I plan on going into Manhattan again and looking around some more. 

New York, New York, It’s a Wonderful town!

Curt

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