Yesterday, after a long day of travel, we arrived at Kenner United Methodist exhausted… After moving in upstairs, we met and split up chores and left to various places to go shopping for supplies. A group went to Home Depot, another to Wal-Mart, and a third to Sam’s Club to get all of our supplies for the week. We came back to the church and unpacked, only to discover that the air conditioning didn’t work upstairs! So, after moving all of our stuff downstairs again, we prepared pizza for dinner and prayed before eating. After an amazing devotional led by McKenna Lewellen, we played board and card games till we slowly dropped off to bed.
This morning we got up, showered, and ate breakfast before heading to Bethany UMC for an amazing two hour and 38 minute long worship service, which was over too soon! We then had lunch with Pastor Hadley and Mrs. Lucille Bland. We presented Mrs. Bland with a gift certificate from Sears for $2100.00 so she can buy a stove and refrigerator for her house (she still doesn’t have a stove or refrigerator three years after Hurricane Katrina)! She was so excited, and thanked us very graciously for our gift. We hung out at Bethany enjoying the air conditioning for nearly two hours until we set out for the heart of New Orleans, the French Quarter. After finding parking, we went on a self-guided walking tour that showed us the sights, while the streets were full of wonderful smells from the bakeries, interesting shops, and the usual New Orleans jazz being played on the street corners. After our tour, we went to Café du Monde for beignets and coffee, and got a taste of New Orleans.
We returned to Kenner late for a dinner of chicken, green beans, and rice, and ice cream for dessert. After another amazing devotional, we all slowly drifted off to bed after a long day.
Austin Holt
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