Let it Snow Let it Snow Let is Snow

I am busy packing and getting ready to leave the city for the holidays, but I thought I would do one last quick blog post. I just had to mention that I got a new camera!! It is my dream camera and I am so super stoked about it. It is a Nikon D40X. I was able to get an amazing deal on it. I know absolutely nothing about it, but am trying to practice and hopefully will take a photography class in January. I have always loved taking pictures, but I think my love might be growing even greater. I love capturing places, people, and memories. I love that even in the changes of life you can carry a memory with you through a photograph. I think it just might be my new hobby. So even though I am really bad at it right now, I thought I would share some pictures I took of the snow we got this weekend.

Ok this photograph is not of the snow, but I was taking picture of everything at my friends Christmas party the other night and I just thought this picture was so fun and colorful

And now for the snow...

This is a picture of Great Lawn taken from Belvedere Castle. This is one of my favorite places in Central Park to lay out and read in the summer. It looks quite different this time of year:-)

These are the brownstones on my block that I think are so pretty!

And last not but not least is the view from my living room window. We actually have a great view of some backyards and the buildings on Central Park West. Pretend that the fire escape is not there and I love our little city view!

I am sure I will be posting a lot of pictures on this blog as I practice my photography. Just be patient with me, because I really know nothing!

Oh, before I go I do have to share about what I did yesterday! Yesterday I had the opportunity to help feed 650 homeless people a special Christmas breakfast at one of the soup kitchens in the city(that happens to be owned by one of my co-workers parents). It really was one of my favorite moments since I have been here. It was so humbling to have the opportunity to serve my neighbors in this way. I could not help as I was there to look at each one of the faces and think about their stories. I don't know their stories, but I know that each of them have one. Their story is very different than my story, and I know that I would learn so much from each one of them. I struggle so often with feeling so undeserving of my life, but I know that it is by God's grace that I am where I am and I have what I have. I hope to have more opportunities to serve my neighbors in this way. If you do not volunteer somewhere in your community I would challenge you to do so. I will confess that I complained in my head as I woke up early on a Saturday morning, but I would not trade my day at the soup kitchen for anything and giving up time and sleep is a SMALL sacrifice to pay in order for us to love others and serve others in the same way that Christ has loved and served us!

I wish each of you a Merry Christmas. Prayfully my flight will get out early tomorrow morning. We have had quite the weather, but hopefully it has all passed! I will be gone for about 2 weeks making stops in Georgia, Alabama, and North Carolina.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!