The Service Day

Today was our Servant Event day and we were told we were going to be reading to underprivildged kids, but boy were we wrong! Instead we ended up at a YMCA that caters to a number of older people and very young kids. Instead of reading we were weeding, raking, mulching, cutting, trimming, chopping, busting rocks, hauling trash, washing windows, sanitizing and just about anything else that was needed. There is only one person that worked there as the groundskeeper and custodian and it was evident that he was getting way behind on his work. Well, never fear, FLC-LYO was there! There was great group from Chicago too that we worked with us and it was great fun. Kaleigh gives her impression of today's event. And there will be lots of photos for the next couple of blogs.


Well, we had planned to read books to little kids but we ended up at the YMCA doing yard work. We washed window, trimmed trees, bushes and pulled weeds. We also mulched and beautified the area. We also had a group from Chicago with us! We all fought the nasty fire ants and the heat along with the wasps. But we had fun meeting new people from Chicago. I felt good about what I did today. I thought that maybe the work we did would have been in a place more devastated by the hurricane, but I was more than happy to work and help here. We did make the place look much better and after realizing that the grounds and building keeper was the only one who did work, we helped him get about one week’s worth of work done in one day. I would definitely do it again. I am very excited to go to the worship service tonight and touring the French Quarter. Kaleigh Frichtl