Jon Kanz and I went fishing near Ephrata near Lancaster. It was a beautiful area although we didn’t catch any fish. Actually Jon caught one… almost forgot.

Mr Allen, our Greek teacher, showed us a place one morning before classes started. It wasn’t a good morning for fishing as the canal was nearly flooded. I managed to land one. I didn’t get a picture of it but it was a 16″ Dolly varden and weighed 6 lbs… I nearly lost my rod… hemm

Well, I haven’t done very well at posting these days. But now that exams are pretty much over, I might a get a few more up. I just have one more from New York that I kind of like. Missy has a bunch on her site and you probably already know where to find that.

Statue of Liberty and us

Ellis Island Immigrant Museum. Who let them in?

Smiling because it was our first meal in 24 hours.

Times Square

St. Patricks Cathedral

More later

Long Beach, Long Island, NY on a deserted beach, and for good reason! It was cold and windy!

There is more than one way to play connect 4

A team from Fellowship Bible did some renovation work for a ministry that works in a rundown part of Philly.

We went to the Holocost Museum and then we were going to go to the Smithsonian but after a morning of learning about the Holocost, we didn’t want to learn anything more. So we did a whirlwind tour of the Whitehouse, Library of Congress, Capitol building and Commerce building.

Commerce Hall or Chamber of Commerce… I can’t remember which. Anybody know?
Capitol Building. We got some passes to go inside the building. It was a maze of hallways and was very confusing to get around. I was surprised that we were able to get in.

The Library of Congress. This was an amazing piece of architecture. We were not allowed into the main study area.

The Mellon Hotel, right next the the Whitehouse. I got a clue as to the kind of guest stay here when a guy was complaining at the front desk about the lack of a shoe shining service in the room.

The International Spy Museum. It was an amazing museum. I now know how to make microdots from cellophane and alcaseltzer. Very useful information.

Lincolns Monument.

National Air & Space Museum. The X2 is above us.
The Korean War memorial.

The Vietnam Memorial. Nate served with the US Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq.

This weekend I attended an urban ministry conference in Chester, PA. (close to Philly)

Here are some pictures from Highland Gardens in Chester.

A typical unit in the hood. I heard that an empty lot in this area sold for 1000 USD.

Many houses are abandoned which creates many social problems. Imagine kids with nothing to do and no family to speak of having any number of empty houses to meet in and make trouble.

Some kids playing b-ball. Only 21 % of the families in Chester consist of a husband and wife living together. 32% are single mothers and the rest are classified as ‘non-families’… not sure what that means.

The ministry, World Impact is doing some good work in this area. The need is huge. It is the missionfield on our doorstep. You can check them out here: http://www.worldimpact.org/

Here are just a few pics from the college & career group at church