It has been an interesting few days. On Saturday a group of us visited Oak Alley Plantation, and later that day I took off on my own for a drive along the Mississippi Gulf Coast with a stop at the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Reserve. On Sunday we toured the extremes of New Orleans: St. Charles Avenue and the Lower Ninth Ward. I also had a chance to see some of the houses that MDS is working on. One of them is almost ready for the homeowner to move into with her grandchildren. Since Hurricane Katrina she has been living with neighbours down the street. Many of the houses in New Orleans will never be recovered; many are vacant lots.
Sunday night two groups of volunteers arrived, 14 people from Pennsylvania ranging in age from 16 to 78, and 10 students from Fresno California. Suddenly it is very lively around here! Thank goodness there are now three of us working in the kitchen. We put in a very long day and made some great food for the hungry volunteers. It was fun to chat with a few of the volunteers this evening while doing dishes together.
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| Oak Alley Plantation |
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| houses along the Mississippi Gulf Coast |
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| Bayou Sauvage |
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| Lower Ninth Ward |
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| a mansion on St. Charles Avenue |
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