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George Washington Bridge & Hudson River
Manhattan Skyline
View from New Jersey
 
Hot dog and soda - lunch on Liberty Island.           
                                                          March 27, 2007
Photo at Left:
Steve Parelli, Executive Director
of Other Sheep, Aunty Ivy's host
and tour guide.  March 28, 2007
Steve                                 Aunty
Parelli                               Ivy
Aunty Ivy of Kenya
Aunty Ivy on  Liberty Island with
Manhattan skyline.   March 27, 2007

Note:  This is a "zoom-in" photo.  In
this photo, Manhattan appears much
closer to Liberty Island than it actually
is in real life.

See photo below for real life distance
between Manhattan and Liberty Island
Leaving Liberty Island, March 27, 2007
Above Photo:
Aunty Ivy and the
Statue of Liberty
Photo at Right:
After touring Liberty Island
with Aunty Ivy, we came to
this reading pictured here.
Prior to arriving at this
point, and while walking
together with Aunty Ivy, I
had remarked that I had
visited this island many
times with my children and
with visiting friends while I
was pastoring in New
Jersey, and that the
present skyline was
difficult to view. In a way, it
was a representation of
my own life after my
coming out to family
members and evangelical
friends. The one-time
significant people of my
life are gone from me
forever - like the fallen
Towers that no long stand
as the city's immutable
icons.  Then we came
upon this photo of the
pre 9-11 Manhattan skyline.  My heart broke and I cried and sobbed and Aunty
Ivy gave me his shoulder and held me.  Afterwards I reflected:  I had cried for
the hurt that all humanity suffers when ignorance and bias becomes hatred
and violence toward others who are different. A hatred and violence that at
times is manifested physically, but can also be manifested in ways that are
spiritually, emotionally and socially abusive.
Ferry from Liberty Island to Ellis Island.
March 27, 2007
The Great Registry Hall.  
Steve's paternal great grandfather (Italian)
came through this hall 100 years ago (ca.
1905).  He did so of his own choosing.   
Emmanuel's people arrived here 200-250  
years earlier.  His people came by force.  It
was called  the English Slave trade.
Emmanuel Kamau at
the registry desk where
immigrants  registered
their names.

"How do you spell
Kamau?"





Answer:
A-u-n-t-y  -  I-v-y
Photo at Right:
Immigration Museum,
Ellis Island
After Ellis Island,  Emmanuel and Steve returned by ferry to  lower
Manhattan.  While walking to the subway through Battery Park they
happened to see the object pictured at left.  Steve paused.  He
recognized it.  "The Sphere."  At one time, this object stood in the plaza
between the Twin Towers.
On Sunday, September 9, 2001,
Jose Ortiz and Steve Parelli roller
bladed along the Hudson River from
Christopher Street to the plaza of the
Twin Towers.  There, late at night,
without a soul present,  they roller
bladed again and again around "The
Sphere."  A secuity guard appeared
and told them roller blading in the
plaza was prohibited.  In the still
night, between the Towers, they sat
down to replace their roller blades
with the sneakers they carried
around their waists.  It had been a
great day.  Feeling invigerated, fit and
full of life, they walked out of the plaza
and headed home . . . to Tuesday
morning, September 9-11.
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After five
and a half
years . . .
  • In August 1998, as an employee of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (42nd and 5th),
    Steve received his Series 7 (stock broker)  License.  The following month,
    September 1998, Steve, with 100s of new brokers from all over the States, attended
    sales training classes for three weeks in the offices of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
    in the World Trade Center.

  • Twice, Steve and Jose dined at the restaurants at the top of the Towers to
    celebrate Jose's birthday.
The Sphere
Battery Park,
Manhattan.
March 27, 2007
The
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Emmanuel's favortie
photo of the Cloisters
Emmanuel visits the Cloisters, March 28, 2007.
This is an
Other Sheep
website
Counter
Visits to this web page since March 29, 2007
This web page was created March 29 - April 1, 2007
 
Click the photo of Alim at right
Visit the web page that is . . .

Liberty Island
and
The Statue of
Liberty

Ellis Island
Immigration
Museum

The Sphere and
Remembering
9-11

The
Cloisters
Go to the
next page
on
becoming a
donor for
the Kenya
Project,
Summer
2007
Click the
Arrow
or
Click Here
Click the audio icons above to hear
the voice of Emmanuel Kamau as
he speaks in an interview about
Ishtar MSM and his work in Nairobi,
Kenya.
This is an
Other Sheep
website
On Monday evening,
March 26, "Aunty Ivy"
changed his flight to
March 29  in order to
visit the Netherlands
consulate in Manhattan
to make application for
a visa to that country,
having been invited to
speak at a conference
there.  We used the
extra time for additional
sight seeing.
On this
Web Page:

  • Interview

  • Statue of
    Liberty

  • Ellis Island

  • The Sphere
    and The Twine
    Towers

  • The Cloisters
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