Well,
Hier: (Yesterday)
After a late start, we continued sheetrocking and cleaning at the house. We picked up all of the debris surrounding the house, and nearly finished all of the celings. As the end of our last working day approached, we cleaned up the rooms and waited for Liz to come and debrief the team. We then returned to the house to finish packing our belongings to move to the Hampton Inn down the street. After a round of refreshing showers, we piled in the vans and ate at The Dragon Cafe soup kitchen, where we heard the Katrina stories of the homeless of New Orleans. We then assumed our new and luxurious living quarters for a good night's sleep.
Kyndra, Taylor, Zowie, Annika and Kim worked with Beacon of Hope and met Gail and Donald whose stories about New Orleans spanned generations. We helped scrape paint and prepared their car port for a new paint job. We started to paint after a few thunder showers, and left after hearing Gail's heart wrenching story about how her son was murdered in 1998 and yesterday would have been his 31 birthday. She sat and talked with us for a while after she came home from the cemetery. After witnessing to Gail we returned to the Urban Ministry Center and showered, and headed to St George's Dragon Cafe to serve the volunteers and homeless of New Orleans. We met some people with interesting and amazing stories about survival and the storm. It was a true testament to the nature of Hospitality and Christianity at it's best.
Aujourd'hui: (Today)
Today was our last full day in La Nouvelle Orleans. We drove to the scenic Lake Ponchartrain to the north of the city. We spent 2 hours searching for the elusive Lower 9th Ward, finally resting from our quest for a meal at the Round House. After another hour, we stumbled upon our coveted destination. Words simply cannot describe the destruction that we witnessed.
We returned a la hotel and prepared for an evening in the Big Easy. After some shopping, we enjoyed some traditional New Orlean soul food. Sleep time!
Tomorrow we rise before the sun (the internets won't even be turned on yet.) See y'all later.
- Bro'Gorman & Broyd
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