Friday Evening Update

Hello everyone! We had a busy day today finishing up on our project sites and then toured New Orleans. We saw where the levees first broke and the went into the lower 9th ward and the New Orleans Memorial. Water in this area rose 6 inches a minute and eventually was over 13 feet high! We went to a house that looks just like it did the day after the waters receeded. It was powerful. Jam still on the shelves and the house destroyed and moldy. It was devastated. We took a ferry across the Mississippi and got pastries down in the French Quarter which was hosting a jazz festival. After dinner, we headed to the hotel to begin our debriefing. Dave C, HCC Missions Director flew in and will be helping us process our experience. We updated a few pictures today - more to come tomorrow and additional video. Please pray for the student and leaders tomorrow as the look back over their experience and learn how to share what they saw God do and what they can do as they head home to based on what they learned here. We love you all and look forward to seeing you soon! Thanks for praying!