New Orleans Update

I thought I would write a New Orleans update.

We left in 3 plutons on Saturday to get to New Orleans and all arrived Sunday safely, except one deer how was hit and killed. It was an encouraging ride for me, I got to know others quite well and better than my greyhound ride I actually got to drive, YES! 8 more people arriived last night and there ares still a few to come.

We eat our meals under a tent that only seats 30 or so, there are 61 of us. But it all works out because we don't all eat at the same time. The food has been great and the 2 girls in charge of it has just made a wonderful schedule, and are providing for those with special diatary restrictions. Cheap, healthy and good meals.

THe weather is hot, but not hot. All day the temperature is roughly the same, it is the humitity that makes it feel so much hotter. A little sweat didn't kill nobody.

Like any warm humide day the mosquitos are out. Every day one gets new red spotted friends somewhere on them, it is sort of like an adventure finding them all. Yesterday God taught me a lesson of not being prideful. I was talking to somebody about mosquito bites and they were telling me about a couple they had on their feet. I pridefully said that I never get them on my feet. That day I got 12 on my feet alone, God smacked me with a hammer!

THe girls are taking over on building, which is only qwo floors with 2-3 girls in each room and 2 bathrooms for each floor. Each room is complete with a queen size bed and if necessary a cot.

THe boys are scattered about three different floors, I tihnk. At first they didn't have air conditioning and were sleeping on the floor or a cot. I'm not exactly sure what their living situation is but the joy that flows out of them is a blessing.

That leads me to my next point, Complaining once again the spirit of God is working through everybody here because I have not heard one complaint. For me living here has been a blast.