We are finalllyy in the city of New Orleans. The trip was long because of all the delays, but I woke up this morning anxious and excited to find out what exactly we were going to be doing on this trip. When we arrived at PNOLA I was met with a bunch of people that genuinely care about the great city of New Orleans, whether or not they had lived there… The people all were very knowledgable and inspiring, sharing both their skills and stories with us.
When we arrived at our site it was both sad and amazing to see both what has been done to rebuild and what still needs to be done… Large X’s still marked many of the houses along the street (located in the upper Ninth Ward), showing that many people had not came back to their old homes even four years after the storm. We spent the day painting the interior of a house, which was a new experience for me. At the end of the day, our first job showed me to the reality of the situation in this amazing city and the vast amount of things that still need to be done.