A Veteran Speaks Up
26/06/08 15:06 Filed in: New Orleans
SERVE Trip 08
As a
"veteran" of New Orleans SERVE trips, I have a lot of
expectations for
this summer. Some of them may be a little unrealistic, but it's good to keep
them high! I wanted of course to have lots of gutting and demolition jobs,
but as that has turned out we mainly throughout the week have been doing
trim-work and finishing jobs. This proves for much patience (which I need to
gain), so that's probably better that I had that job to begin with! But
today we had gutting after lunch, which was the work I love. You get to see
immediate progress, and get an accomplished but grimy feeling afterwards. My
last thoughts rest with the 9th Ward, we visited that area yesterday and my
mind still goes back to it today. Last year, all week, my groups worked
there, and we got to see how truly awful the conditions were. The kids that
hadn't ever seen it wanted to and so we drove by. It was really shocking to
see that nearly nothing has changed, the X's are still on the doors and the
houses in shambles. Since we have been working on more affluent houses and
areas this year, I was hoping the 9th Ward would be making progress too.
Maybe it will take just one more year, for that area to be seeing progress
too.
Alexa Howard
this summer. Some of them may be a little unrealistic, but it's good to keep
them high! I wanted of course to have lots of gutting and demolition jobs,
but as that has turned out we mainly throughout the week have been doing
trim-work and finishing jobs. This proves for much patience (which I need to
gain), so that's probably better that I had that job to begin with! But
today we had gutting after lunch, which was the work I love. You get to see
immediate progress, and get an accomplished but grimy feeling afterwards. My
last thoughts rest with the 9th Ward, we visited that area yesterday and my
mind still goes back to it today. Last year, all week, my groups worked
there, and we got to see how truly awful the conditions were. The kids that
hadn't ever seen it wanted to and so we drove by. It was really shocking to
see that nearly nothing has changed, the X's are still on the doors and the
houses in shambles. Since we have been working on more affluent houses and
areas this year, I was hoping the 9th Ward would be making progress too.
Maybe it will take just one more year, for that area to be seeing progress
too.
Alexa Howard