Well, this is my first post to the blog, because I have had some difficulty getting logged on to the site!  But I am excited to be able to post now.  It has been a really great first couple of days of the trip and I am very much looking forward to what is to come.  We have done so many wonderful things already that it is difficult to put into words what I am experiencing.  I do have many aches and pains, which is to be expected, but I will take those aches and pains if it means that life might be a little better for the people of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina.  I am really happy to be here with the group of students that we have.  They are bright, insightful, and really committed to the work that they are doing.  Nothing compares to a trip like this and I am incredibly fortunate to be able to experience it yet again.