Day Three
Service. Our plans to paint a long, narrow, two-section home (they call them “double barrel shotguns“) fell through due to a scheduling mistake on the part of our coordinator. They assure us we’ll work that project tomorrow morning. So, in keeping with New Orleans’ jazz-inspired improvisation, Mr. Ray O’Connor called upon the New Orleans City Park coordinator and they were more than happy to give us a job doing landscaping (no shortage of repair work anywhere in this city). Their public park, akin to our Golden Gate Park but much larger, is severely underfunded and much of the repairs are owed to volunteers like ourselves for replanting, laying mulch, and generally helping to make social spaces feel like a place you’d want to be.
We drove from City Park to Academy of the Sacred Heart, The Rosary – still in New Orleans. They showed such warmth and hospitality. Students gave us all tours of their gorgeous campus…I think they may love Harry Potter even more than our girls at CSH. This idea of community continues to grow for us. More words and some photos on the day still to come so stay tuned.
February 19, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Thanks for the info. Glad to see everyone arrived safely. Sounds like your help is much needed. SF is cold and rainy, so you picked a good week to be gone. Please tell Mary Pat I said hi. Keep the blogs coming. Many blessing, Heidi.
February 19, 2008 at 7:32 pm
Greetings;
I am Jovel’s aunt and I have been following your adventures on line. I am very impressed with the committment you have put forth on this mission to New Orleans.
I will keep all of you in my prayers and look forward to your posting and your insights into this experience.
A Lodi supporter