Nick Rothermel and the rest of the group says Hi to the folks back home! We're officially here and settled in, and things have gone, well, passably so far. The food has been fantastic (French fast food at Le Madeline's turned out to be declicious!), the city is beautiful, and the heat hasn't been too bad. The accomodation is nice too, and the boys group had a great introduction to New Orleans' semi-tropical climate last night when they spotted several genuinely huge cockroaches--one of which was on Derrick Kuleta's pillow!
We had a bit of a long day yesterday--we made it through the airport adventure, but had an hour hold up with our rental cars. We made it through that, and then there was a mixup with our accomodation--basically, the youth group hadn't been booked in to the place that they told us we were, or well, booked in for accomodation at all! Several frantic phonecalls and another hour later, we were sorted out though. Luckily St. George's--our assigned housing spot--was indeed available and very helpful in getting us in! Thank goodness for the kindness of strangers!
Today's going to be pretty relaxed: we're headed to St. Paul's, Lakeview for worship, and then to a tour of the French Quarter. After that a few of us may head to a traditional Jazz concert at Preservation Hall, and then tomorrow it's on to our various work sites!
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Dear St. Margaret's Missioners!
I am so glad to hear from you all, to know you are 'there', and to imagine (smiling) what sounds like an eventFULL start to your time away!
We are praying for you daily and this morning asked God's blessing upon you, upon your service, and upon all the people of New Orleans in the Prayers of the People as we celebrated Worship at the Water. It was a beautiful morning and 3 or more eagles flew over the water in full view! I'll take an eagle over a cockroach anyday :)
In the words of our eucharistic prayer this morning,
'May God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ open your eyes to see God's hand at work in the world about you. ... and make you one body, one spirit in Christ, that you may worthily serve the world in his name'.
Blessings,
Christie
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