March the 26th

Tuesday was filled with paint, good food, and good times. We began the day as we have each day which has been a nutritious breakfast and a stressful meeting. After making it through the pre-service ritual we started walking towards our site for the day: Ms. Jessie' s house. Ms. Jessie is a sweet woman who has been a friend of the organization, United Saint's,  since Katrina devastated her city. This week is the end of a two-week project on Ms. Jessie's house, which has mainly consisted of painting the entire thing peach-pink. Hamline came to put the finishing touches on it. This has been and most likely will be my favorite day of the trip for a few simple reasons. First, the direct interaction with Ms. Jessie gave myself and our whole group enough positive energy to get through the work in no time. The second reason was the surprise red bean and rice lunch that she cooked for us. Overall, our day painting gave me a strong personal connection with both Ms. Jessie and the city of New Orleans.