Hi all, as you can see the shoe made it to a baseball game. We went and saw the New Orleans Zephers (sp). It was Dollar hotdog Wednesday on Tuesday night. We had a good day at the house today. We removed the sunken floors and some of the the support beams that had collasped. We are still waiting on the final word if the house can be salvaged. The more we work on it, the beeter we feel the chances will be to save it. At htis point the owner wants to save it. It has been his home for a very long time, and he would like to return. Bill the inspector guy from LDR will let us know as soon as he does a walk through. They really try to save homes if the homeowner wants it saved. Homes that have been deemed to be abanded are torn down. A house across the street from our hause was torn down this morning in just an hour and a half. I forgot my camera today so I don't have any updated pics of the house. We are scheduled to help at another home tomorrow, but I will try to get over there again on thursday.
There's a story about a little girl and star fish on a beach that people keep refering to down here, but no one seems to know the whole story. If any of you know it please send it to me. Thanks so far for all the comments.
My experience so far has been incredible, and I look forward each day to the new challenges. As I listen to stories from the people I meet, I know that it will be many years before New Orleans can recover. The spirit of the People is something I hadn't expected, with all that has happened to them in the last few years, there is still hope that each day things will get better. I know that a lot of bad things are happening now, murders, drugs, broken promises, and people taking advantage of the situation (and of people),but there is still that beleif that all the people will come together.
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Aaron,
The story goes like this;
A man sees a little girl throwing starfish, that have washed ashore, back into the ocean and asks why. She replies, the sun is up, the tide is out and if I don't they will die. He then says but there are miles of beach and there are starfish all along. You can't possibly make a difference. She picks up another starfish and throws it back into the ocean and replies, It made a difference to that one.
Just like what you and your team are doing in New Orleans.
You are missed!
Sonya
"Few stories have gained internet popularity the way "The Star Thrower" has. Most often it's sighted as "author unknown," but it is actually a classic from 1979 written by Loren Eiseley."
Hi Aaron - if you type starfish story into the Google browser you'll find several different versions of it, and also the reference above to the original.
I'm glad to hear that there is hope the house can be saved. And now you're off to help save another one. Yeah!
Aaron-
For when you have time to browse on the internet, here is Sojourners magazine online: http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=home.skip. The reading might be interesting for you and for keeping up on religion and politics.
:)alli
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