Today we got up at 7:25. We had breakfast at our house, and then headed over to the church and dispersed to various tasks. Some of us bashed out drywall, sanded (with homemade sandpaper blocks!), primed, painted, prepared a space for a mid city meeting which community members attended, drank iced coffee and pulled nails. Ben and Bill delivered supplies to a 9th ward distribution area in a monster truck.
We then ate peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (cut diagonally) for our lunch. We used an entire loaf of bread. After lunch we met our new roommates, a group of 30(!) from Rhode Island. nOur new friend Ronald the maintenance guy of the church, a lifelong resident of New Orleans, teased us and kept us laughing.
We then headed to dinner at Emergency Communities. (A tasty repeat of last night.) Walking back to the car, Sam tossed a grasshopper the size of a twinky on Zack’s head. On our way back, we drove through the lower 9th ward, one of the extremely impacted areas. All in all a wonderful day.