June 2008

On June 8 at 4:45AM, me, my brother Jon, and Amanda began our journey to New Orleans. For me this was my 3rd work trip and 4th trip in two years. For Jon it was his 2nd trip, the first work trip and this was Amanda's first extended visit to NOLA (New Orleans, Louisiana).

We drove about 14 hours from the Chicagoland area to New Orleans. We arrived in there around 7PM. As in the past, we stay in the Land Building at St. Charles Avenue Presbyterian Church (www.scapc.org). We work with their RHINO program (Rebuilding Hope in New Orleans). Once we arrived, we met up with Nancy, Brad, and Perry (members of my church and their son).

Sarah who is in charge of the RHINO program met up with us and gave us the rundown for the week. Danielle, my sister was supposed to fly in from Minnesota on Sunday night, but her flight was cancelled due to weather, and so she spent the night in the St. Louis airport. After orientation, we went out for dinner to a local favorite on Magazine street, Reginelli's. Then back to the Land house and our bunks for the night.