Sister Queens Outing (Divisions 8+11 take on the City)

So... Bronwyn (Divisional Leader of Division 8, the only other Sidewalk Sunday School in Queens) & I have met together and decided that our wonderful interns and new staff needed some sort of initiation ceremony into the Sidewalk family, as well as simply time to bond as a team and get to know each other...

(the great minds)

... The result?? - A progressive-backwards-one-thing-only-dinner (how about that?)

(Divisions 8 + 11 ready to take on the city)

We started off with a dessert at Coldstone Creamery that serves ONLY ice-cream... ... and then moved on to the main course at S'Mac - a little place that serves ONLY mac-n-cheese
Our next stop that was meant to be a hummus ONLY place for an appetizer got cancelled because of heavy rain :(

Here is however a fun clip from that night for your entertainment

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It's Not Over Until It's Over... But When It Is Indeed Over What Do You Do?

(Deanna, this one is for you and your mamochka)





Ladies and gentlemen,



I am sad to announce the passing of the last bite of the pumpkin roll into abyss of our stomachs.

This is the last piece...

... and here it is gone

Sweeneys Conquering Rt66

Now, let me start off with making it very clear:
If you've never driven down the historic Route 66 - YOU SHOULD

It was so much fun - we've seen the most random unattended places...

...the drive is beautiful too...

Sweeneys in Vegas

We have spent 3 days in Vegas... planned for only 2... but then... something unexpected happened... WE LOST THE RENTAL CAR KEYS... oi oi oi... something good did come out of it though (lots of free beverages from Toyota dealership and we got to spend another night in Vegas).

So here're a few pictures from Vegas

Some wedding pics

Here're a few of our NY wedding photos...

shout out #1 goes to our amazing photographer Rayleigh (check out her blog on http://www.memorybookphotos.blogspot.com/ or her web-site http://www.memorybookphotos.com/) - she did an incredible job :)

shout out #2 goes to Tudor & Susie who also took tons of great photos for us

Arizona Reception 08/02/08

Grand Canyon Video

I have taken this video on our honeymoon at Grand Canyon...

How beautiful!

Squirrel Stew

No kidding...

Bryan & I went to Hualapai Ranch and saw this recipe on the wall.

All fellow New Yorkers - in case recession gets real bad we can now hit Central Park in hunt for food :)

Anybody brave enough to make this?

So... I'm married...

Bryan & I wed on July 25, 2008 at Metro Christian Center in Brooklyn, New York.

We do not have our pictures done yet - but we'll post some soon.

Thank you to all friends and family who made this amazing day happen for us and supported us throughout our lives.

Born To Be Free...

4th of July... All US are celebrating the Independence Day. The tradition that even non-Americans are aware of is that you HAVE TO GRILL on Independence Day...

But alas! It's raining...

...determined as I am, I wasn't going to give up on my grilling dream... so here comes Mr. George Foreman himself...

You gotta do what you gotta do, right?

(our beautiful veggie burger creation)

In the evening we went to our friends' house to eat and watch fireworks.

(our lovely hosts: Ramon & Sabrina)

(Bryan gets in touch with with his second personality...for all of you who watched Kung Fu Panda let me know who the panda reminds you of :)

We like to PARTY

Summer is here! Yay!

For these 2 weeks in July we have Teen Mania join us and together we're doing big summer parties (outreaches) in different areas of NYC. For the past 2 days we've gone to Far Rockaway (my Sidewalk Sunday School site).


For the first day (Wednesday) we set up the tents with Face Painting & Nail Painting. Also we had a place where they could get some fruit punch and a cookie. We played water games all day and simply had tons of fun with the kids. And then yesterday (Thursday) we had a Sidewalk Sunday School program for kids & adults. It was wonderful.

(it was fun doing opening with Bryan)



(that's me getting dunked because girls won the game)

Since we had so many people AND didn't have to rush on to the next site it was possible to allow for ministry time at the end. When Craig (our team leader for the event) first had teenagers lined up and announced that people could come and get prayed for, nobody stood up. We knew God was doing something in the hearts of the kids and parents but they wouldn't come up. The seconds felt like hours. Nobody stood... Then finally a little girl (about 6 years old) got off the tarp and came up front. On the boys' side immediately an older boy (11 years old) got up and followed her to the stage. And then "the damb" broke... people flooded to the front to be prayed for.

On Tuesday our team will do the same outreach in the Bronx. Keep praying for us...

MIA

Hey, sorry you haven't heard from me in a while...

the reason for that is that Bryan's computer is officially dead.

feel free to call me & chat

until then i won't post much

poka - bye

Dress Up. Save the World.

Superhero Week in Sidewalk Sunday School.

Princess Ashley waiting to be rescued :)

And here are our noble heroes

Princess Tea Party 4/20/2008

So much fun for the girls! They all got princess dresses provided by Women of Excellence Foundation in CA and they had a nice banquet and they learned that they are princesses in God's Kingdom ...by the way... so are we! our youngest princess

My Reads

At the moment I'm reading "Troubled Sleep" by Jean-Paul Sartre.

The book depicts the fall of France in 1940, and the anguished feelings of a group of Frenchmen, whose prewar apathy gives way to a consciousness of the dignity of individual resistance and solidarity with others who are oppressed.

It is easier to build boys and girls than to repair men and women

What can I say? Preschool Rocks! Done it again. Here are some pics from today.