Safe and Sound

Our group arrived safely at First Christian Church of Greater New Orleans at 9:40 p.m. tonight after a long (but good) day of travel. We left UCC around 9:30 a.m. in two vans and an SUV full of luggage with a grand total of 21 adult and youth participants. Our caravan ate a quick lunch in Shreveport, made a few rest stops, and a ended up on a winding quest for a gas station following Stuart's very insistent GPS in Lafayette. Once we finally gassed up and got back on the road, we were able to have a leisurely dinner at George's, a Baton Rouge institution famous for their po' boy sandwiches. After dinner we drove the last hour through the rain and were met by the mission station coordinator shortly after arriving at the church. After orientation, unloading, and evening prayers, everyone headed to bed to try to rest up for our first big day of work.

I've uploaded a handful of pictures from the day on the photo site, click here to take a look. I'm hoping to have a collection of video clips posted tomorrow, but it's late and I need sleep, too!