This is an update of sorts... a few of you have been asking what is up with me and how New York is coming along...
So i thought i would write a blog about it...
i should start this all by praising God for His faithfulness and love...
The truth is this... if every man were found out to be a liar God would still remain true...
Praise Him for that!!
Ahh!!
it's truly incredible...
As i live this truth out, everyday is no longer an obligation to give my life in service to an Egotistical Deity...
Now everyday is a new opportunity to proclaim the name of my Savior (my only hope)
(this is truly good news)
The facts of my journey are these....
i got here and spent the first couple days putting together furniture from IKEA... By myself...
ha... it was a pretty crazy feeling...
but that was all about to change... the next 3 weeks were a whirlwind of introductions and good times... oh yes...
and not such good times...
i came here to New York to work with the youth in a community of believers that meet in NYC called Morning Star New York... They started meeting right after 9-11-01... and have been growing ever since...
The youth program ri
ght now is this... On friday nights 30 or so kids come by and hang out at the MSNY office building, eat pizza, talk, and play video games...
Before they started the friday nights, Josh, the guy at MSNY i'm working as an intern for, would just hang at a near by Starbucks, invite kids to come have a drink with him, and then share the gospel with them...
While rather unconventional his method seems to have been rather effective as there is now a definable core group of kids who take their faith seriously and are an example to the other kids...
I've already been privileged to connect with a few of the kids and i trust encourage them in their faith like they've encouraged me in mine...
Other than Youth Work i've been connecting with other people at MSNY...
The other youth staff are so great to work with and already feel like family...
i've also gotten the chance to meet and talk with some other photographers, professional and amateur...
i'm excited about the possibilities here in New York for amazing pictures...
i'm hoping to get some other lenses besides the one that came stock on my camera though because my current lens is limiting my possibilities...
So life has been incredible... God has been revealing some things to me about my wrong perceptions of Him and allowing me to step deeper into relationship with His truth... His word... while this was an incredibly hard process for me spiritually there was a certain sense of joy through the whole thing...
One area of concern is my finances... i don't get paid to do this internship... and while I've been searching I've not managed to find a job to entirely sustain me... and as a result am a few hundred dollars short for this next months rent...
when I shared this with the guy I'm interning for he encouraged me to put together a support letter...
So this is it... There is a good chance if you've read this far you actually care for me in one way or another...
So if God is laying it on your heart to support me financially you can send directly to me or email me if you would like to run it through MSNY...
Address:
230 w. 150th st Apt# 5A
New York, NY 10039
Email:
jimmyfrey26@gmail.com
i don't want, by asking for money to in any way diminish my need for prayer...
as God has been molding me i've felt your prayers being used to give me the streangth to endure...
Live in Father God's grace and peace,
much love,
James
