Up at 4 am to catch the shuttle to Newark airport for our British Airways flight to London.

Sad to leave Patterson but today we drive to Jersey City Assembly Hall.  It was bumper to bumper traffic as we come closer to the city. Continue reading →

Patterson is the educational centre and is truly exciting place to work. (Justin wants to stay here). We have a morning tour and brother Tom (whom we met in New York) has invited us to lunch. Continue reading →

We pick up a hire car in downtown Manhattan and drive out of the city north to Walkill, crossing the George Washington Bridge.  We arrive early in the beautiful Walkill area, so we stop for a coffee in a  quaint little town called Pine Bush.  We have to wait for everything to open at 10 am.! Very civilized! Continue reading →

Today we toured Brooklyn Bethel. Our guide was a beautiful black sister, Shadi, originally from Washington DC (the seat of the wild beast she says), she works in the beauty shop. Continue reading →

Mark worked really hard on finding a Kingdom Hall we could attend today and after many phone calls the hall on 20th St is the place to be at 1.30pm. So after having this penciled in we walk to Central Park and sat and watched a bit of baseball being played and did our Watchtower and some Bible reading. Really very pleasant surroundings, loads of trees with squirrels playing and people really relaxed enjoying this wonderful park that New Yorkers are truly thankful to have covering the length of 40 city blocks right in the middle of there city. Continue reading →

We catch the subway to Chambers St Station and walk to Ground Zero, a lot of work going on there and not so much a hole in the ground anymore. Century 21, reported to be the worlds best discount store is right nearby so good for a look. I purchase a pair of sunglasses, Guess and greatly reduced only to have lost them within the hour!!!! Continue reading →

To the tune of 747 jet engines the plane left the Sydney runway, it was a great feeling to finally be on the way to New York. I knew I was in trouble when my knees touched hard up against the back of the seat in front, and it hadn’t even been laid back in to recline.

This was going to be arduous and uncomfortable… the time was passed with a movie marathon, I lost count after ten movies. Continue reading →