We began a yard clean-up project at a house that has been abandoned since Katrina. The home owner has been assessed several thousand dollars in fines due to ordinance violations stemming from the condition of the property. We were able to remove an overgrown tree at the front of the property, remove vines growing through the chain link fence in preparation for painting and clean up the overgrown back portion of the property by removing additional trees, brush and vines. The highlight of the day was meeting the potential future home owner, who is the daughter of the current home owner. She hopes to someday have the house repaired to the point that they will be able to move in and was grateful for the assistance we were able to provide. There is an enormous amount of work that still needs to be done, but we feel blessed that we had a hand in the beginning of the process and hope to be able to follow the future progress of this home.
- Heidi Orth
Today my group served our mission day at the KIP School in New Orleans. This school was completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. They had to rebuild and now the school is beautiful. When I first arrived, I was struggling to understand how our help was really serving the mission I thought I would be providing on this trip. However, throughout the day, I came to realize that the help we were providing the teachers was immeasurable. We organized and set up 5 classroom libraries, separating by fiction and non fiction and the level of reader they were meant for. We covered 5 rooms bulletin boards to prepare them for the teacher’s own style upon their return. We had a fun time working together. In all, this doesn’t sound like much. However, to break it down, we saved the teachers 63 man hours affecting about 150 children and 5 teachers. Thank you for letting me be a part of this awe inspiring trip!
- Angela Flowers
After missing out on snowballs and ice-cream the last few days, Mrs. Flowers finally got one!
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