New Orleans : Day 5

Thursday. Today was a busy day. We all did the usual routine of getting up early in the morning and eating breakfast then we went off to work.

My groups assignment for the day was to clean up the lot next to the very house we were staying at.

We moved a lot of rocks and got to use a sledgehammer at one point which made me feel very manly. I basically became a landscaper for the day, moving around a lot of dirt and therefore getting very dirty.

Mom, I will need new socks when I get home because mine are pretty much ruined.

Also, my shoes that I have worn so dearly for the last two glorious years are on their last breath. I will have to move to those newer shoes sitting in my closet.

That pretty much took until quitting time where we then had to drive to have a prayer walk around a community.

Basically all we do is walk around the neighborhood in a group of five or so and prayer whenever we feel called or pray with people that come out and want prayer.

We prayed over some water, a house with a lot of dogs, an abandoned school, some houses, and a woman named Donna.

Donna had a shirt on that said, "I was blown and f*#@$* by Katrina, what a whore" which kinda pushed me away at first but she was very kind. I silently prayed her unsurpassable worth and how she was a creation bringing heaven on earth. We walked around a community that was being built up before Katrina and because of the hurricane it hasn't been restarted since. So in some places were foundations and others were older houses. Supposedly the water there was about six feet high after Katrina.

After that we went to a block party and ate hot dogs, chips, and water.

After that we went back and showered which was nice because I was feeling really dirty then. I had become tanner by way of dirt.

We hung out for awhile then the guys of our team "serenaded" the girls of our team with an acoustic version of "Down" by Jay Sean. It was ok, we messed up the rap part of the song.

After that we all came down and ate some craw fish. It was kind of spicy and made my lips tingle. For those of you who don't know what craw fish are they're basically like shrimp and they don't have that much meat.

Throughout the rest of the night I watched people color Hello Kitty posters and played some Uno which was pretty relaxing.

Well friends, tomorrow is my last official work day. I'll be back on Sunday.