here we are on thursday night. it is amazing how this week has flown by. i hope all of you have gotten a chance to see the website that has been following us on our jobs. to remind you it's gulfcoastmissiontrip.com. there are some great video's posted there.
today was so productive for our team. we have named ourselves the "no faux" team. that comes from a conversation between jen and steve about the colors that malcom has chosen for his rooms. jen suggested that if malcom didn't like the brightness of the colors we could tone it down with some faux painting. steve said "steve no faux" and there the name was born. i guess you had to be there but we thought it was pretty good.
we have the house painted and tomorrow we will go back and do some touch up's and then we are off to trinity church in the lower 9th across the street from the brad pitt houses to help them do some cleanup's from their week of work. we will stop at noon and the rest of the day is ours. since we went to the french quarter last night for our annual hurricane (one) and dueling pianos we are going to go to magazine street tomorrow where all (or many) of the artsy stores are. i don't know where we will go for dinner but it should be somewhere fun.
then - those that are driving home will be up and out by about 4:30 - 5:00 am and we flyers will be out by 6. it is always bittersweet for us to be leaving when there is so much still to do but so good to get back to our families. we miss you all.
tonight we took our team pictures and the group picture and then we went out and blessed lark's new car - purchased down here after his went kaplooie!! one mighty expensive take home gifts i would say. i just got tee shirts for my take home gifts - oh and hats too. hey - they are saints hats and you can't get those in illinois.
today was close to 80 at our job site. it was beautiful. it is going to be hard to leave this wonderful weather behind. i don't look forward to your 30's.
it is time for me to take my own advice and look at the web site. i love the video's
we will see you in a couple of days. we love you all and miss you. pray for our safe travels home.
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SUNSHINE!
Gotta love it!
PAYING THE TOLL
It costs $3 to cross lake Pontchartrain but it is well worth it
CROSSING THE LAKE
NEW ORLEANS
Our first view of New Orleans at the end of the bridge. We were glad to be here.
Our first stop Hernando Mississippi
This is where we get the grits!
Camp Restore
Our Next Stop
Camp Restore
Our home for the next week
THE BUNKROOM
We have the "best" accomodations
THE OPEN ROAD
view going down the road to Slidell LA and the bridge across the lake
PASTOR BAERWOLF LEADING BIBLE STUDY
NIGHTLY WE HAD A BIBLE STUDY. THE FIRST NIGHT IT WAS PASTOR B'S TURN
WORKING ON THE FIREPLACE
Joe is capping off the gas. It is unsafe
BOURBON STREET LIGHTS
WONDERFUL BREAD PUDDING AT PAT O'BRIENS
There was a lot of food that night
ALMOST DONE WITH THE FLOOR
The "kids" learned a lot. That's Matt with the TA DA pose, Dillen working with the flooring with "Papa Joe" supervising and teaching
THE "GROUT CREW" HARD AT WORK
THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HOUSE
This is why they worry about cold - these pipes are exposed to the cold
OUR CREW!
This was the last day. We were really tired but felt so good about what we had accomplished
THE FURNACE!
Yup, this is how they heat their house
YOU CAN SEE HOW SMALL THE FURNACE IS
You can tell that this was underwater. I hope it works.
A BRAD PITT HOUSE
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