Monday

I picked up Danielle at the airport and took her back to the house to rest. Then I joined the others who were working with a local Community organization to clear a lot that they hope one day will become a community center. It was in the Carrollton neighborhood, we were led by an AmeriCorps volunteer.

We got to use a really cool brush hog type mower, we also found several biting ant hills, YUCK! The weather was hot and we were glad it was only a half day.

I left around 11:30 to go pickup Diane another friend from church, I made a stop on the way at Wagner's Meats on airline, an ongoing joke from past trips:) But I highly recommend you visit!

Back at the house we all cleaned up and had lunch, Diane, Perry, Nancy, Brad, and Kate (the next director of RHINO) were taken on a 3 hour tour of the city by a volunteer church member. Jon, Amanda, Danielle and I went to Banneker Elementary to deliver several microscopes that were donated and driven down by Brad and Nancy. We have worked with Banneker several times in the past few years and are always happy to help them out.

We then made our first trip to the city, we visited New Orleans Glassworks, http://www.neworleansglassworks.org/ They let you see the workshop and were conducting summer camps for kids. Really neat items! I highly recommend you visit!

Then we went for Beignets, Jon's favorite! Amanda's first visit to Cafe Du Monde.

Back at the house, we all went over to the church were Jim Hobden is nice enough to feed us! Mondays are my favorite, Red Beans and Rice night, story is that women did the laundry on Mondays and they could put the beans on to cook all day while they were working. Either way, Jim's are awesome!