Dulac, for sure, is quite a lot different from New Orleans. For one thing, we’ve been here since friday and today was the first that wasn’t rainy (which was greatly appreciated by most of us). We are currently working in two separate groups at houses that are about an hour apart, which has also put some strain on the process, i think. Especially Jan since she has to drive back and forth the whole time while we get to rest. Personally, I”ve enjoyed our time in dulac even though it is extremely rural and there isn’t a whole lot to do after we get back from doing work. We went to see Invictus at the Houma movie theater last night and that was a lot of fun but today i think we’re going to have more of a low key night. Everyone is a little run down from the stress and work.

While on this trip we have had a number of reflections about our work and how we feel about everything. One question that always seems to come up is why are we doing this? Why are we down here in Louisiana building houses and carrying on? And more generally, why do people do community service? We’ve talked a lot about this topic and, honestly, beaten it into the ground, but in all seriousness it is an extremely useful question. We’ve come up with some things, like the gratification of giving back and helping people who have less access to necessities than ourselves.  I won’t go into it for a blog but i think this question is pretty important.