My title is a song name by Skid and covered by U2 and Green Day during Hurricane Katrina. This song kept repeating itself during my entire mission trip in New Orleans.
I joined the college ministry of Prince Avenue Baptist Church on this mission trip right after Christmas. There were 8 of us and I was glad the group was small. This was the first mission trip of my life :)
The playing cards we found in the church van.
As we arrived New Orleans, I could see vast empty lands. They were totally flat and seemed infinite beyond the horizon. I could even see the sun rising up from the horizon (my first time actually watching the sun rising slowly). The much rural area of New Orleans is pretty much undeveloped and houses are kinda small and old.
Odd sign
The church we stayed at
The church we stayed at
Downtown New Orleans
When the job began...
The house we worked at
Basically, we repaired the house by mudding and painting the walls, repairing the windows and doors, and setting up the sheetrock. All of these were very new to me and they were all tough jobs.
Our boombox for the entire 4 days
In progress
There are many times when I (and the rest as well) wanted to stop and just give up on the work that I was doing because it was just too tedious and tiring. But I kept thinking about the lady who stays at the house and how unfortunate she is. It's not entirely out of compassion that I joined this mission trip, but out of the desire to share God's love with others.
There are many times when I (and the rest as well) wanted to stop and just give up on the work that I was doing because it was just too tedious and tiring. But I kept thinking about the lady who stays at the house and how unfortunate she is. It's not entirely out of compassion that I joined this mission trip, but out of the desire to share God's love with others.
We all worked well together and had great moments with each other. I could see that God was working in us through the great fellowship we had with each other.
Even though we never got to meet the lady, we were still happy that we could help her and maybe touch her heart that God still loves her.
The end of our work.
Downtown expedition
Downtown expedition
New Years Eve
Since the alarm of the church turns on at a certain time, we had to be back by then and stayed inside. So our countdown to new year was pretty sad as we couldn't really see all the fireworks from the neighborhood.
Since the alarm of the church turns on at a certain time, we had to be back by then and stayed inside. So our countdown to new year was pretty sad as we couldn't really see all the fireworks from the neighborhood.
2 comments:
i think you look like a smaller version of koko! hahaha! esp the 2nd last pic in this post. maybe its the glasses...
nice:)
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