Sunday April 24
We heading home today to the 808..looking forward to it..my
own bed, our ohana, local food and some sort of normalcy…this was the longest I
have been on a vacation/trip..2 weeks and every moment was so memorable and
precious. The time with Brandi was priceless even though I think 2 weeks
straight together 24/7 will drive most people nuts..lol. It wa a huge blessing to see so many things
and experience so much of God’s place, plan and HIS-story. It’s about 5:30am and we are leaving our hotel
at 7am. Our 9 hour flight leaves at 10am
and we are back in Hawaii ,
hopefully by 3pm. First stop –
food..nah..taking Brandi home then getting my car and going home to wash
clothes and pass out. Brandi and I back
to work at 6am tomorrow. It will be a
long week, but well worth it. Thank you Lord for it all!!!
Yesterday was awesome!
We slept in till like 7:30am…got our Americanized breakfast from
downstairs...mmmmm good. Chilled in the
room till about 11am. Headed to the Subway station 42nd and Bryant
to catch the D-train to 161 St and Bronk.
It was packed with Yankee fans heading to the game, so we would not get
lost. It was about a 30min ride, about 6
stops, heading North from Manhattan up to the Bronx , all underground.
It was pretty cool. The station
was crowded when we got off the subway, packed with people in their Yankee gear
and excitement for a team that is 6 wins and 9 losses but won the night
before. Coming out of the below ground
terminal and up the stairs, was pretty surreal.
The Bronx …wow…and Yankee
Stadium…unreal. I had just bought the
tickets this morning in Section 232, the second level and made sure we were
under the covers, in case it rained but also to avoid any more sun..we had lots
of sun in Israel ..lol. Walking around the stadium to gate 2 was
pretty cool. Got our tickets and we
headed in and got our Babe Ruth bobblehead doll, the first 18000 fans got
it. We were in the stadium by noon, and
it was already bustling. The view from behind home plate to our side of seats
on the left field foul ball pole was great.
Brandi got us 2 hot dogs, one sweet one spicy and fries and drinks. Pretty good food. We also got a huge tub of popcorn (but could
not eat it all) and some cracker jacks.
Brandi was complaining that in the cracker jack packages, they no longer
give out prizes..you have to go online to win something. Lol.
Everything was pricey, but you expect that at game…but everything was
well portioned. They had this tub, 4
sliders (either chicken or hamburger) with choke fries in a collectible bucket
for $20. They had Philly Cheese steak sandwiches,
beers of all kine, nachos in a baseball helmet, dip and dots, and all the
typical stuff. The game was good,
close. The pitcher from Tampa Bay Devil
Rays, Brad Snell, was making his major league debut in Yankee Stadium and he
did pretty well. Masahiro Tanaka, the
Japanese star was pitching for the Yankees today. It was a great game in a
great environment….however, we missed the ending…a walk off homer run to win
the game for the Yankees in the 9th inning with 2 outs…why you may
ask? I did not want to get stuck with
30000+ fans all leaving at the same time…yeah yeah I know…bad sports fan. Lol.
We left after the 7th inning stretch and walked around to the
outfield and was so awesome. Caught a
cab back to Central Park driving down the Harlem side of Manhattan .
It was pretty cool seeing the whole of Manhattan throughout this trip
I had hoped to take the rest of Lori’s ashes (I spread some
out on our last day in Israel
at our hotel on Mount Zion ) and either put it in Central Park or Rockefeller Center Rockefeller Center as Central Park
looked packed, all kinds of tourist, a bunch of weddings and just packed. So we headed to Rockefeller Center Amercias Road
and when we got to the area of the place that we saw the tulips on Saturday
(the day before), they had all been replaced.
We figured it was not God’s timing so we just headed back to room. Got back around 5pmish, packed up and rested
for a bit and wanted to go watch the UFC fights at a sports bar and eat a
steak. Headed out around 7pmish and
found the New York
Beer Company…boy was it cold tonight…the wind was blowing so it was cold. The Beer Company was a cool restaurant and
bar. The food was great, the only
problem..was once again my body clock timing…the UFC fight’s main event was at
10PM EST/7PM PST…lol..we were 2 hours early.
So we ate and headed back to room to rest up and get ready for our trip
home.
Thank You Lord for all that You have shown and provided and
spoken in these last 2 weeks. The
people, the sights, the HIS-story, Your story.
We have been blessed beyond our imagination. I will never be able to explain the things in
full of what I saw, heard and felt on this trip, but in the next few weeks,
will attempt to give God the Glory in some form of media communication. Lord,
have Your way in me.
God bless you all and love you all..so looking forward to
being home!!
Aloha from NYC
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