Day Four: Tuesday - November 24, 2015

Today was our team's last full day in New York City. It was a crazy day with the team split entirely in half and working on different projects in different locations, but there were a lot of very satisfying interactions with people and other volunteers and staff. In the morning, half of the group woke up early to go sit out for rush tickets to see Chicago and then went out surveying while the other half of the group went to work at the New York City Rescue Mission. In the afternoon the two groups switched, so that group one was at the NYCRM and group two was surveying. Seven of the twelve team members went to watch the show, Hunter headed home to Connecticut, and the other four stuck around the apartment to relax and watch a movie for the evening. After a final team recap, we all split for the evening to have one more night of sleep in a city that we've all come to love before heading home to our families in the morning.

P.C. James Leach

Team Highs and Lows

Rachael's low was getting shut out of the subway after the team got in and having a "quick twenty seconds of panic", but James jumped out of the subway to go with her, so all was well.

Elaina's and Rachael's high was feeding and playing with pigeons.

Kira's low was breathing in fumes while cleaning the bathroom at the New York City Rescue Mission, and her high was surveying Paul at Penn Station, who had really thoughtful and intelligent answers to our survey which was really cool to see.

Arthur's high was Kira's low of cleaning the bathroom because while it was strenuous and fume-filled, it felt like genuine service and was quite an experience. He also loved surveying with Katie and strategizing to be able to have deeper conversations and plant intentional seeds with people they talked to.

Jackson's high was being able to have a number of meaningful interactions with people throughout the day, from Turner that his group surveyed at Penn Station to the homeless men and women and staff at the New York City Rescue Mission.

Kira, Arthur, Katie, Jackson, Hunter, and Tim surveyed at Penn Station this morning with Chad and Michelle, and spent the afternoon at the New York City Rescue Mission.
Daniel, James, Julie, Elaina, Kaitlin, and Rachael spent the morning at the New York City Rescue Mission, and surveyed at Washington Square Park and Union Square Park this afternoon.