Home again home again

It's Monday afternoon now, and we've been back in Austin for a couple of days. The last couple of days of our trip didn't get covered quite correctly because of a failing internet connection, but here's most of what happened on Friday:

We cleaned house and then walked across the street where our landlord for the week cooked up an incredible bounty of breakfast--I'm talking croissants, eggs, pancakes, sausage--it truly was delicious. After we said our goodbyes, we jumped in the van and made the long drive home. Not too much to say, except that we listened to the Tetris theme song about 3 times. There was much napping to be done during the ride. We pulled into the All Saints' parking lot around 9, cleaned out the vans, and then parted ways.

It really was an incredible week. There was a whole lot of rolling with the punches, waking up to a day full of surprises, and everyone did very well with it. One of the big things I learned is that volunteer work requires lots of flexibility; it's almost impossible to fully anticipate what's going to happen before it starts happening. In fact, that's probably part of why it was such an adventure for us. I'm quite proud of all the work we did in New Orleans, and I'm proud of every youth and adult that came on this trip.

We'll be doing a short presentation next Sunday at 10:10am in Kinsolving if you want to hear more stories!

Peace,

~Matt