November fun!

Hello friends and family,

What a splendid week we had here in the big city! The weather was gorgeous versus what the Hoosier state was recieving. We started our week on Tuesday with a Men's fishing trip on a charter boat. Who thought fishing was possible in November? Turns out in NY fishing in November to mid December is the best time. The Blue's and the Striped Bass are running hard during this time. Pastor and myself caught over 60 fish between the two of us. We were loaded with filleted fish at the end of the day, and shared them with rest of the congregation and even some store front business owners from the neighborhood. This undoubtedly was the best fishing day for myself and Pastor Keith! The only thing that could of been more fun would have been fishing for men and having that great of a catch! As a matter of fact Pastor Keith was so motivated by his experience that the sermon this Sunday was on the topic of "Fishing for Men!".

On Wednsday night bible study we had a lost sheep return to the flock. This young man had been slipping in his ways and by his own convictions the Holy Spirit led him back to 10th Street. What a blessing to have this young man reconnecting and praise the Lord for the weekly followers that come to our mid-week service.

On Thursday Farrah and Ruby attended the broadway musical "Mary Poppins"! Pastor Keith and his wife Cachi had seen pictures of how this summer Ruby and Gus sang the song "The Perfect Nanny" from Mary Poppins and had won their category at the State Fair. Keith and Cachi were at an auction helping the "Staten Island Church of Christ" where they were auctioning off directors seats to "Mary Poppins". I will not tell you what they payed for the seats (a nice donation to the SICC!", but I will tell you it was the best seats Farrah had ever had and this was Ruby's first Broadway Musical. They sat in row 10 right in the middle! It was a splendid experience that they wished they could share with everyone of you. It made Farrah miss the Graybiels for Liz and her family haved shared so many musical moments not to mention sooooo many other familys back home too.

On Saturday the Mens group had a small group meeting at the local Neptune Restaurant for a bible study. We had a great bible study and great fellowship. As we finished our closing prayer a young couple behind us said they had over heard our study and were visiting from Denmark. Their names were Reuben and Ditamaria. They werre heading back to Denmark on Sunday but wanted to hear more. They were invited to join us for sunday school and worship on Sunday. Praise the Lord they attended both services! That means alot when a young couple gives up their time on the last day of vacation! I think it is safe to say most people would not be willing to give of their time at such a high stake. Thank you Lord for bringing them into your house and we pray you lift them up in Denmark. Saturday night Farrah had a chance to share with one of her old college roommates who was performing in an opera and had an extra ticket. Farrah really enjoyed the show and it was great to share with her friend Bridget and other professional performers in the area.

Sunday was a very nice service. I helped lead worship "out of the frying pan and into the fire, not my comfort zone, but honores to serve!" which is working out nicely for we mix up who leads certain areas of worship each of us with our own styles of music. Farrah and I lead more contemporary style music, Bro. Rafael tends to lead more traditional hymns, and Bro. Basilio leads more of a negro spiritual style. A little bit of something for everyone, but most importantly we keep the focus on praising and worshiping our heavenly father. After service we had a community "Heart 2 Heart" blood pressure check for anyone to come in and see the volunteers from the N.Y.U. who were mostly first year med. students. Guess what? Some of those volunteering for the blood check seemed interested in attending a home church! I wonder where we'll send them? After the blood pressure check the women's group put on a fellowship dinner for the church. Some of the NYU students attended the meal. I am sure the food was as good as the cafeteria at school so hopefully they will return. Wether it be for food or worship, when they return we will give them both!

Not every week is this exciting but the Lord really is blessing us and using us here at 10th street Church of Christ. We are so glad to have the opportunity to grow, share, and learn in Christ. Thank you for your prayers and support back home. We ask that lift up my brother Jeramiah and his family as they are trying to reconnect with the church. His wife is not saved and is seeking the right answers, so pray for her to have the right tools during this time in her life. Pray for our church growth and the churches financial needs here at the 10th street church of Christ. It would be great to have a multi-media sytem her at the church so pray we can find the funds to purchase a sytstem. We miss you all and we will be home for Christmas. GOD bless you all!



Your Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Jonathan, Farrah, Ruby, and Augustus Westerfield