The Bear and the Bull

Today was an interesting day, to say the least. After breakfast this morning, our group headed off to the Habitat for Humanity site in Rockaway. Ever hear the expression "It's the journey, not the destination that matters?" That's kinda how today was. The first train we took had construction on the tunnel, so we had to switch lines. The line that we took got us to Wall Street. We had to go back above ground to switch lines. This was our first taste of real New York, the tall buildings and everything. As we were walking along, the hill we were climbing brought our view to the hind end of the famous bull of Wall Street. It took another train, a bus, walking a mile or so, then a ride in  Habitat's van to get us to the church in Rockaway. We moved pews from one room to another, swept the floor to get ready to put in a new floor. The man in charge said something to us that stuck with me today: what took us a few hours, would have taken them days, and they were incredibly thankful. Our ride back to the hotel went a bit better than our trip out. The 5 Train we took turned out to be a 2 Train. At one station, my metro-card wasn't working after everyone had gotten through. A stranger handed his card to me after he went through, and I was told he said to our chaperone: "Good people have to help good people." After all of this, I'm ready to see what we're up to tomorrow.