Juniors Blog Post

Day three was absolutely amazing. Will, Ryan, and Remi spent the morning working at camp, helping paint Lorraine's (the chef here at Camp Restore) kitchen. After working on that, we went next door to the senior center and spent time with the people there. We talked to the residents, did crafts, and ended the afternoon by playing bingo with them. Everyone we met there was so grateful we dedicated our time to them, and it was so interesting getting to know them. Once we were done playing bingo, we drove down to the lower ninth ward, to visit a community center currently in foreclosure, run by Mack. Originally, Lil Wayne and Mountain Dew had funded the center as a skate park, but then had a falling out. Pre Katrina, Mack bought the warehouse to store his vintage cars. After the storm, he decided to make the space into a community center. He was truly inspiring, and told us that because of Hurricane Katrina, he found his purpose in life. He is going on a tour of the east coast in the next few weeks to raise money to prevent foreclosure. Mack will be at our very own St. John's this coming monday, April 28th, and will be talking from 6:30-8:30. Everyone bring a friend and come support Mack!!! By the way, shout out to big Sam Roberts. He's an awesome freshman (from Remi). Drew and Wyatt went to a house that is almost complete. We tiled the bathrooms so that the owner can move in. It took a long time because the people before us didn't tile right and we had to fix their mistakes with some precision cutting. Doug helped us a lot and answered many questions. It felt really good when we finished because it will allow the inspection to pass allowing people to live in the house. Tomorrow the house will be blessed and be presented to the owner. Olav finished the room he started to floorboard. Over the days we have worked and installed 3 rooms and a hallway with floorboards. It was very nice to see the homeowner and his wife stop by and just stop and smile on how much progress we achieved and thank us for our work! Jamie worked on a house with tiles today. A lot was accomplished and it was a very successful day. There were also TWO ice cream  trips during the day. There was one at lunch and one at the end of the day. The second trip was very special. Jamie and his group met one of the home owners, who's house had been worked on by our missions team. He expressed his thanks and payed for all of our ice cream. The kindness and generosity of this man signifies all that we are working for, here in Louisiana.