Tuesday : The Power of Powerade

Another day of blight busting. Cleaning up empty an empty lot is not easy work. I mowed the lawn today which means running over three foot high weeds or bushes or trash. Its quite the process. I had a good mower though.

If you ever need to do blight busting, get a John Deere.

I had a little run in with a cockroach last night. It scurried by me pretty quick. I didn't kill it because I had socks on. Those things are scary. There about as long as my pinky and as wide as my thumb.

Anyways, while we were out working a man in a suit came to our truck with a bag. He got us all a powerade. I had a pink lemonade powerade. It was good, better than the gallons of water I had been drinking before.

He said he just saw us and wanted to thank us for helping out the community. I've never really done that for anyone.

Yesterday a guy named Kevin randomly stopped by and started helping us clean up for an hour or so. As he was walking away I ran up to him and gave him a water bottle. I never really do that either.

Some give time. Some give powerade.

New Orleans is so chillaxed. Time doesn't really matter. If they say they will be there in an hour, it will be an hour and fifteen minutes because they were talking to people and that made them late and its alright for everyone.

We also got a surprise today. When we were still working on the lot the city of New Orleans came by with a bobcat and big mowers; the kind you sit in. They were going to finish it up for us. That was nice of them.

So we finished a little early, went back to the new church and help them tear down.

Then we learned Challenge Circle was cancelled due to the forecasted rain. Challenge Circle is where we play with kids after school in a style similar to Awana.

So we got a little break today. Usually, its go-go-go but since the cancellation, we get free time. I took a nice shower, and had some time to journal about my day.

Ah almost forgot. Yesterday when we to the French Quarter I had to parellel park and I did it in a poetic fashion. Only took me one time and it was awesome.

Now I wait for dinner. And probably a nap.

A little update since dinner. The team went down to Creole Creamery. Basically an its an ice cream shop. It was good stuff.

I saw something pretty cool after we got back. Someone on the team got an unintentional shot to a "sensitive area" and was down for the count. Laying on the sidewalk we all sat around waiting for him. Then someone laid down next to him and said, "this is compassion." It was a funny, interesting gesture but it made so. much. sense. Then we all laid down on the ground. Showing him compassion. Isn't that a thing of beauty?

God has a sense of humor that can show his Kingdom.
After that we played Bowls which is a mixture of catch phrase and charades. We laughed a lot, enough to make someone almost pee their pants.

Getting used to going to bed sweaty. See ya'll tomorrow!