New Orleans: Day One

ST. ANDREW'S NEW ORLEANS UPDATE

Well, we made it to the Big Easy! We arrived in the city around 10:00 AM yesterday. After dropping off the other groups at various hotels, we settled into our hotel and began touring the interaction center which is located just down the street from our hotel. There are so many activities inside this space we did not even come close to seeing it all. But, we have another full morning on Friday to experience it as a group.


Here is a picture of some of us 'in jail' - we learned about praying for the 500,000 youth that are in juvenile detention centers across the country.


We all can't believe just how many people there are packed into the downtown area. There is a great vibe among the different churches, and everyone has been so friendly!


Last night was pretty amazing at the Superdome. It was surreal to see 36,000 Lutheran youth and leaders gathered into one huge place to be together as a children of God and talk about how to help the city of New Orleans. The music was fantastic, the speakers were inspirational and the set was beautiful.




This morning we are getting ready to meet down in the lobby and walk to our Learning Day. We will update again tonight or tomorrow morning.

GOD BLESS!