We just found out that out next spike will be in NEW YORK CITY!!!!!!!!!!! Well, more like Yonkers, but its only 20 minutes away, so its more like a New York minute. Anyway, here is the link for our project sponsor: http://www.groundworkhv.org/
This coming week is our last week in the wonderful NOLA. It is pretty bittersweet; I love this city, but I am SO excited to move on, and finding out we are going to amazing New York couldn't have been better news. (well Puerto Rico wouldn't have been too bad...) This past weekend we volunteered at the Jazz Fest. It wasn't as great as I had hoped- MUD MUD MUD, and I didnt get to leave my volunteer post to see Simon and Garfunkel. I did however get to see Drake as we were leaving- not terribly exciting for me, but I guess it was cool...
On Friday we went on a volunteer guided tour of the 9th ward- and all the other parts of New Orleans that are hidden from the tourist eye; Treme, Mid City, and like I said, the 9th ward. Its amazing all the horror stories that Katrina caused- who would have thought something like that would happen, you loose everything, and when you try to get back on your feet, there are so many obstacles in the way to break your spirit that you don't even want to try anymore. My heart and soul goes out to these people, and I want to do anything and everything I can to help them. I dont know how, and I dont know when, but I will come back here..
Ok, well things are going as expected, learning a lot, having adventures, and optimistically looking forward to my future and the future of my teammates. Ok, well I have to go, I hope your lives are going well, good luck, and much love.
Lily
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