Switching Things Up

On Wednesday, the Green Team went to Bethel Colony where they had to move office furniture, including huge desks, and take down tents.  In the afternoon, they traded places with the Gold Team who needed a manual labor break and went to the Capdeau Charter School to sort and move boxes.  It was definitely a difficult day for them, but it was much appreciated by the Gold Team.  The Green Team said James was their motivational speaker, telling them to just do six more boxes each.  When everyone had accomplished that task, he said “three more” and so on.

The Gold Team went to the Timothy House where they took all tools, supplies, and equipment out of a shed assembly-line style.  Some members helped cut pieces of wood for shelving while others worked on organizing the items that had to be put back in the shed.  In the afternoon, the Gold Team painted at a KIPP Charter School not too far away from the mission.  They worked on three different classrooms, and the assistant principal was thrilled to have them.

The Purple Team had some new people.  Kathy Campbell took Becky’s place as the adult while Hope, Molly, Narissa, and Lexy took the places of the girls (Charles stayed).  The Purple Team went to the New Orleans Mission like the Gold Team had done the two days before, but they worked in the kitchen preparing the meal.  Ask Hope about the cleanliness of the kitchen! In the afternoon, they went back to the Boys and Girls Club where several of them were bitten by a very interesting child, but they all claimed he was adorable anyway.

After returning from the work sites, eating spaghetti, and getting cleaned up, the whole group headed to a beach in Mississippi.  The beach was very strange—the tide was out, but the sand was hilly and the water pooled in large areas.  We were told it was affected by the hurricane and the oil spill.  However, it was still very pretty and everyone had a good time.  We had a communion service complete with singing, testimonies, and a devotion before we returned to the church in New Orleans.