Welcome to Miami

A lot of people will think of Will Smiths single ”Miami”, released back in 1998, when they read Miami. Sadly I had never even heard of this song until someone started singing it when I mentioned I was going.
I had never been to Miami and truthfully had no clue what to expect, besides a party town. Now that I have been I can actually agree with this statement, but at the same time there is so much more to Miami. Weirdly enough Will Smiths song does hint at what it is like -

“…Can y’all feel me, all ages and races

Real sweet faces

Every different nation, Spanish, Hatian, Indian, Jamaican

Black, White, Cuban, and Asian…”

I can’t tell you how odd it was to be in such a cultural place. At one of the campus’ we would go to in the mornings I seriously would be the only white person in sight; and it was so neat! There were Haitians, Jamaicans, Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, and Cubans. Seeing all of the culture mix together on a campus was very beautiful.
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“Party in the city where the heat is on
All night, on the beach till the break of dawn
Welcome to Miami”

One night we went to South Beach to talk to people. My partner and I went to Starbucks first (my first and only time in Miami) and then started walking. The first couple we approached couldn’t speak any English, fail, so we kept walking and being amazed by how cool all the shops and restaurants were.  We ended walking over to this guy, Dave, and praying with him for quit some time. He was in the process of acquiring housing there and was making money by selling palm branch creations to tourist. Praying with him was such a blessing; not only did he come away blessed but we did as well. And he gave both of us some creations 
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“Yo I heard the rainstorms ain’t nothin to mess with”

I first night in Miami it POURED.