Day 1 in NY - Celebrations!

After driving for about ten hours and staying overnight at Cortland's’ Travel Lodge for the night, we arrived at New York City finally at around 5p.m. But crossing the Lincoln Tunnel from New Jersey to New York City alone took almost an hour! Fortunately, all the drivers behaved in a civilized manner,  patiently waiting for their turns and there was no road rage or anything like that

We met Er at his apartment and congratulated him on his  new job offer and went to a Thai food restaurant to celebrate. Er was in a really chatty mood this evening. He told us that even though he had lived in this exciting city for a number of years, he wished he had more time to enjoy all the wonderful things New York City has to offer. Unfortunately, working in a big legal firm demanded most of his time and robbed him of his leisure time leaving him few opportunities to enjoy the sights and sounds of this world famous city.

He told us about the process,  the ups and downs that he went through to find this job that he would really enjoy doing.  He even shared his little secret with us of a pleasant   situation while he was out in the west. We were happy to learn of all these wonderful things that took place in his life. Er has worked really hard in school and at work and we thank God that wonderful things are happening in his favour.

This is why we are here to support and celebrate with him this week!

Today was Canada Day. We went back to Er. ‘s apartment and he went out with his expatriate friends to celebrate Canada Day. He put on his white t shirt and red shirt for this event.

 I must remember to buy him a nice Canada T shirt and give it to him for his birthday next year!

R.T.

July 1, 2013, Canada Day

New York City