Hello loved ones,
We have been having such a wonderful time these past few days! Yesterday we spent our last day at Ferncrest Manor volunteering with the elderly residents. We were so blessed by the stories the residents told us and the laughter each and every person brought to our lives. Some of the stories of our day at Ferncrest were : Laura’s trip around the backyard area pushing Lois in her wheelchair and chasing pigeons on their way around, Donald trying to escape from the nursing home to leave with us, having to say goodbye and Mr. Grand Pre tearing up when we said goodbye to him! Leaving Ferncrest was bittersweet because we formed such beautiful relationships with the residents in our short time there and we knew how much we would miss being there. After leaving Ferncrest the girls decided we were tired of looking like we had worked all day and we got dolled up to go out for dinner (the boys didnt need to get dolled up because they always look nice). We took the streetcar down the middle of the most beautiful street that was filled with huge trees and old Southern style houses and ended up at Superior Grille. We were impressed by the Mexican food in Louisiana at the Superior Grille even though Chipotle sounds sooo good right now! Caleb conned me into eating an extremely out of control hot pepper and the entire table came together with their own solution to save me from the fire that was taking over my mouth! 
Anyways, last night was a lot of fun and a good way to relax after an emotionally draining but enjoyable few days at Ferncrest.
Friday May 29, 2009
Today was one of the best days we have had since being in New Orleans! We spent most of the morning working at Noah’s Ark Missionary Baptist Church doing yardwork and gardening around the church for Pastor (pronounced paaasta) Walker. We got a lot of our work done early and because of a few circumstances (not having the tools we needed to work all day) we were able to return to Ferncrest for family fun day. God completely orchestrated our day so that we could spend more time with our friends at Ferncrest. We ate snoballs, talked to our sweet friends and dominated the Ferncrest team at volleyball (even though they kept messing up the score in their favor haha ). We finished up our volleyball game and headed over to Pastor Walker’s cousin Kim’s house to help her with yardwork. Miss Kim is a beautiful woman of faith. She and her husband’s house was completely destroyed from Hurricane Katrina and after much distress just three months ago they finally were able to reclaim their home and begin working on restoring what they had lost. As much devastation as Miss Kim saw she continued to pray and seek the Lord through it all which is a great testimony for us to hear. After working until about 7:45 pm tonight on her yard she took us for a drive to the end of the block where we witnessed the most breathtaking sunset from the levee. We ended the day with a Target run (SO EXCITING) and some home baked cookies (which had the texture of peanut brittle, but that is no ones fault haha ).
Thanks everyone for your love and prayers. We are excited about starting our first week of church rebuild for All Nations Church next week and our weekend of rest.
The End, Beth
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Wow, you guys have been so busy! I know you are so tired at the end of each day but it is a beautiful, GOD filled tired!
Blessings to all and prayers for tomorrow,
J-Mom
Really you guys, you took on the Ferncrest volleyball team?!? And you call yourselves Christians… : )