Day 6 – December 18, 2005

The camp has a sound system but only has three CD’s, Kenny G Christmas, WOW Christmas Worship, and John Mayer. We were getting a little tired of the selection so I busted out my iPod a few nights ago. I listened to Shawn MacDonald and everyone got hooked. The cook here at the camp had been listening to the CD for three days straight now. We go to bed and wake up to Shawny Mac every day and it’s great. The music had definitely impacted some of the people here at this camp. Ok well back to Saturday we got a very nice break that we all desperately needed. We worked half a day around the camp sorting clothes, organizing the camp store, and tying tracts onto candy canes. We drove down to the French quarter and surprisingly it is the most untouched part of New Orleans that I have seen. It is a very beautiful place and somewhere that I would like to come back and visit. We wandered around and went into a lot of shops. The most incredible place we went into was an Old Catholic church. The inside was covered with amazing murals. We then got to eat out for the first time this week and it was amazing. We were the only ones in this restaurant at 5 o’clock on a Saturday evening. We went to an authentic Cajun restaurant and everyone had a mixture of creole, gumbo, and jambalaya but of course I had to stick with some BBQ ribs and they were delicious. After I scarfed them down along with some onion rings, French fries, and artichoke dip we had dessert. Of course I went with the chocolate dish called chocolate suicide and man was it suicide. We then called it a night and while I was in the bathroom the rest of the group thought that it would be hilarious to leave without me. Not only did my group leave me stranded but also the waitress locked me in the restaurant because she had thought everyone had left. Everyone got a good laugh out of that one. Overall the day was amazing. Our group has really bonded together and we have all been very humbled by everything that we have been part of down here. It’s difficulty to feel like we have made any kind of difference in a week but I truly believe that we have made a small impact. In him,

~Kyle