Meeting the Staff

Today we got to meet the staff who will be serving with us in the city! Simon (from the Penn State team), Sarah (from a Texas team…sorry I forget details easily), Cinelle (a volunteer who also lives in the city), my hubby Sunny (who will also be volunteering a couple days a week), MeiLing (our expert Brooklynite) and Lara (our semi-director); along with us Epic directors: the Chans and myself. But it wasn’t just the Epic staff, it was staff from all the Tribeca tracks including Inner City, Arts, and Campus, about 40+ staff in all. One staff described that first meeting as the feeling of walking into a cafeteria and wondering anxiously, “Who am I gonna sit with?” Thankfully though, we all bonded pretty quickly. And of course, us Asians couldn’t help but clump together…

As we shared on our track, I sense there is a mix of feelings: excitement for all the possibilities of what God can do this summer and also trepidation over the task of ministering in a difficult and stressful place. Lara shared how she thought it was cool that she was able to be on the very first Tribeca project several years ago, and now she is on the very first Epic track on the Tribeca project. It is amazing to think that last year I was just putting in a proposal of how we need to have an Epic track in NYC. And, here we are!

I am glad, though, that it is not just us Epic track on the Tribeca project. I like meeting the folks who have come to serve on the Arts, Inner City and Campus track. I’m looking forward to learning a lot from all my teammates, and serving alongside them. Our vision this summer is: Captured by the Messiah to seek the transformation of ourselves and the people of the city.

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