day two

hello friends!
Today is 6-8-10 and this is dunn... dunn... dunn...DAY TWO OF THE NEW ORLEANS MISSION TRIP! Once again it was extrememly hot (with a few showers of big rain drops!) and humid. I went to Gentilly (spelling?) to help another group finish painting a house. The color was a pretty blue/green-it can still be seen in my hair-and we all worked really hard. Our group only stayed half the day, then we went over to the Duplessisesesese (spelling. again.) and had THE BEST FOOD EVER. Honestly, definition of southern hospitality and cooking. Everyone was welcoming and nice. We got a tour of the neighboorhood and saw all of the new houses, and also the ones that haven't been renovated. It was really sad but also an eye-opening experience. I'm so glad that we are here helping in any way that we can, I've noticed that no matter what we do, it will benefit New Orleans or someone in it. So far this experience is amazing and if you read this far, sorry, im not really a blogger.
Love it here.
Honest to blog,
Veronica (VJ) Morris. :)



Well hey,
It's almost seven on the second day! Waking up at 6 was very difficult because we slept really well. I went to Gentilly(?) today to paint a house. It was really hot and I painted a garage, porch trim, porch ceiling, and door frame cream with Taylor. Then we went to the Lower Ninth Ward to meet the Duplessises(?) The entire communtity seemed to be there and we just hung out and ATE. The Reverend gave us a tour of his home and the levees. The Brad Pitt houses are really cool too. I love knowing how many people are helping, but as we drove around it seemed like every other house was empty, falling apart, or just completely gone. I am sure that the next four days none of us are going to be clean! But I'm having a great time :)
Katie

oh HEY tuesday! :) grace&bridget here ! we are here to talk about the youth center we worked at today. all of the younger people went to APEX and some worked inside, and some worked outside. BRIDGET worked outside on cleaning out rocks from the ground and shoveling out dirt so the kids that go there would have a space to play sports and stay off the streets. Grace cleaned the inside of the youth center with others; washed bathrooms and wiped windows. then, we went to the Duplessises (?) and had dinner with friends and family. we also saw the Brad Pitt houses AND THEY WERE C0000000L . :D we also got a tour of the levees, which was also really cool and eye opening. AAAND NOW. we're going to reflections and stuff. so bye. :D
GRAACEEEEEEEEE&bridg.