I have agreed to go on one of the youth mission trips this summer. It has been a few years since I have spent any long period of time with the kids so I hope I still have the patience for them. We are going to New Orleans and work in the 9th Ward doing Katrina Relief work. I'm excited to go to New Orleans and to continue the efforts of Katrina relief work. We took a trip to Alabama the spring after the hurricane and it is so amazing to think we are still doing work 5 years later. We will be down there the week of Memorial Day.
I had a little scare at my house last Sunday night. Shortly after 10 pm someone started pounding, not knocking, but pounding on my door. Then they started ringing my doorbell. If you know me at all you know I was already in bed at this time. I looked out my window and no one was in the driveway. I freaked out and called my mom. I'm not sure what I thought she was going to do from 30 miles away. So then I saw the person walk away and it was my neighbor. So I thought maybe I forgot to close my garage door. I went and checked and that was what was going on. Made me feel good my neighbor was so concerned and wanted to tell me. However, if he would have just knocked nicely I probably wouldn't have freaked out so much.
Some random thoughts for you...
- I'm currently sitting in Panera and there is a whole crew of older folks having coffee after church. I hear this woman who is probably 70 (could be a bit younger) say "I went to the Michael Jackson concert" This will be us years from now I know. Only it will be me saying "I went to the N'Sync Concert"
- I always think it is funny that when you come into Panera and order and you have you computer over one shoulder, newspaper in one hand and they ask "Is that for here or to go?" Would I have hauled all this crap in here if I was just going to take it back out to my car?
- Another quote from the crew "I love my family. They are devout Catholics, but none of them go to church."
That is about it. Have a good one (or month) until my next update.
