Monday, April 22, 2013

We arrived safely in New Orleans on Friday  in the early evening and we were warmly greeted by everyone from Living Witness.  Saturday morning we helped serve breakfast to the hungry which is a tradition at Living Witness.  They had the largest group so far this year, around 45 people.
After breakfast some of the team went to the World War II Museum and the rest of us went to visit Elder Bryon Stirgis at his work.  Elder Stirgis is the engineer for the St. Louis Judicial Center.  The Center was built in 1923 and is very beautiful.

 

 

In the afternoon we went on a swamp tour.  The water was 5 - 8 feet higher than usual and cooler for this time of year.  We did get to see a mother alligator with one of her babies on top of her head.



 

 

On Sunday evening we attended the finally of a youth retreat that was held in Hammond.  The speakers were great and the testimonies from the youth on what they had learned was very inspiring.  We were entertained by a couple of Hip Hop artists that really got everyone up on they're feet dancing. 

 

 

Monday started out with a great Bible study and then to work.  We started on cleaning the downstairs and organizing the food storage areas.  Tomorrow we'll continue on this project.  We also did some sheet rock repair in the sanctuary and in the men's dorm.  We'll also be stuccoing the brick wall.

 

God Bless and keep us in your prayers.