Well we all leave for New Orleans tomorrow AM. We are meeting up at church and then heading into Logan airport. For those of you reading this, I want to say sorry for not posting during my last trip down to New Orleans. It was a wonderful week, but the work we were doing kept us really busy and I didn't make any time to post anything. Soooo... That being said, I am going to try really hard NOT to flounder on this trip. We have a busy schedule, but we have also built in some time to journal. I am not sure what the internet access will be like where we are staying, but I will do my best!
For those of you that are interested our schedule (as I know it today) will be:
Saturday - Travel to New Orleans (landing at 4:33PM). Drop stuff at Carolyn's house and then head to the French Quarter to have some beignets at Cafe Du Monde and some shopping around Jackson Square.
Sunday - We will meet with Gary before church. Attend the church service and then have lunch at Good Shepherd. After lunch Gary and Carolyn will talk to us and then we will have our tour of New Orleans with Carolyn on our way down to Destination Delacroix (where we will be staying for the remainder of our visit) in St. Bernard.
Monday - Work with St. Bernard Community Center on Food distribution and possibly at Martin Luther King (MLK) Elementary school.
Tuesday - We will all go to Martin Luther King school in the morning to listen/participate in the presentation that Miss Celey will do on the underground railroad. Then we will travel to Beacher Church for lunch with Miss Celey. After lunch some of us will go back to MLK to work with Miss Celey on a quilt project with a 5th grade classroom. The rest of us will go to St. Bernard Community center to help prepare the community dinner that will be served that night. After school those of us at MLK will go to the community center to help with dinner. We will have dinner at the community center that night.
Wednesday - Some of us will go to the Hynes Charter school to participate in a book party for pre-k, kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade students. We will hand out books to those kids. I'm not sure what the other part of the group will be doing. Carolyn had mentioned an urban garden project? We shall see when we get there. Wednesday night Carolyn will come and enjoy dinner with us in Delacroix and chat with us some more.
Thursday - Up and out bright and early to catch our planes!
It will be a packed few days, but I am very excited to go back down and to be able to share this experience with this kids and my fellow RAs!! :) I am looking forward to seeing everyone from New Orleans again!
I would like to thank everyone that has supported us on this trip! Everyone who came to the Chili Cookoff and Trivia Bee. Those who attended the Fais Do Do! Those who gave funds to the Youth Mission Trip fund. Those of you who donated items for us to take with us. The parents of the kids! The entire congregation for their continuing love and support as we take this journey. Our second and third graders for making the WONDERFUL bookmarks for us to give to the many kids we will work with on our trip! All of my friends for their well wishes and support of me during the planning phases of this trip. Also a BIG thanks to Julie, Mary, and John for coming on this trip and for everything that they are doing to make this a wonderfully successful and amazing experience for us all to share in. I feel extremely blessed and fortunate to have so many people in my life that love and support me in everything that I do! I love you all! :)
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