A snowy second week in NYC

Well, we have now finished our second week in New York. We are getting a bit more familiar with the neighborhood. Thank goodness for GPS systems! We would be totally lost without our GPS. Even with GPS, we must get the street name correct. On Wednesday we wandered all over Staten Island on Richmond ROAD instead of the Richmond AVENUE that we were trying to reach. We saw some pretty country though. 

We had a large snowstorm late Wednesday night which caused us to cancel institute class on Thursday. We did not want to do that but we felt it was a prudent thing to do. None of the students have cars. They must use the subways to get to cLass. They often have to walk a long distance to the chapel.  It is almost impossible for the young adults on Staten Island to participate in a stake activity on Long Island, where Brooklyn is located. To get to Long Island these young people would have to take a bus to the ferry, then take a ferry boat to Manhattan Island, then take a subway to Long Island. It would be costly and would take about two hours to get there. They would then have the same challenge getting home. So it is just not feasible for them to participate in a Brooklyn Stake activity. 

Also, there's somewhat of a cultural divide between the Hispanic students who live in Staten Island and the Anglo students who live in the park slope area of Brooklyn.  Each of our institute classes has its own cultural climate. But we love them all. 

Maybe next week will talk about something besides the weather! Everyone around here us getting anxious for spring due to a long cold winter. Hope you are all warm and dry.