I made it home from New Orleans very late on Saturday night. The flight home was pretty nasty, but we made it! It was a big adjustment when I got out of the airport and it was so cold compared to the temps I had been used to down south (100-120 heat indexes)

I haven’t wrote an update yet because I’ve been trying to find a way to talk about it. The devastation STILL in New Orleans is surreal, it looks like a tornado went through a week ago. If you get the chance to go down south(and I highly recommend it) you’ll see what I mean. No matter what status, background, lifestyle, religion or way of life….everyone was affected, everyone still is.

There was a lot of waiting. Many stores are just recently opening, many places to eat are still a distant drive away, and all the shopping malls are pushed over into a pile or abandoned. Water lines from the floods still mark majority of the homes, apartments and business where the levels of standing water were. Seeing what we saw, I would have never guessed it has been two years since the Katrina.

The people I traveled with “the 14”  from Hosanna Lutheran, Mankato, were amazing people to experience this with. We all wanted to do more, stay longer, and try harder to help.

Stories….there are many, far to many, everyone has them, I would like to tell you more and in time I will. For now Here are some images from my week in the Upper Ninth Ward. (also some imagry from the historic Burboun Street)

I am also putting a slide show together via a DVD of all the photos we took while we were there, and if you would like a copy of it, I would be more then happy to send you a copy. For more info on how you can volunteer time or money go to www.camprestore.org

Have a great week everyone!!