Katrina Relief Urban Plunge

Tomorrow marks the beginning of my first and last spring break I'll ever experience at Northeastern. Now why do I say that? Because I will be on co-op for the rest of my spring semesters after this year and will not be able to take a week off just to do whatever the heck I want to. Originally I had planned to go to New York with my roommates and just hang out in the city. I wanted to show them my hometown and what kind of environment I grew up in and how it's changed me into who I am today. But after talking to some people, I figured it would be best to spend my last spring break ever to do something life changing; I decided to go with InterVarsity to New Orleans to build houses and change lives.

The trip will start off with a 27 hour bus ride (don't ask me how I'm going to survive, because chances are I won't and I'll go insane) followed by a tour of the New Orleans disaster areas and where we'll be working. When the weekday starts up, we will begin to gut houses, build walls, and even knock down some. After a long day of manual labor, we're going to debrief, and settle into the word of God and... I don't really know, which is why I really have no idea what I'm going to expect.

I bought myself a moleskine book from Barnes and Nobles yesterday and I'm really excited to write in it throughout my trip. It's not going to be like any other journal I've had. Instead, it's going to be spiritually based and Christ Centered. I've always wanted a place where I can organize all my thoughts during fellowship and church, and I finally found the right book to! Plus, I get to finally use my awesome Hi-tech pens from Taiwan :) I wrote my first entry in it last night about my thoughts, prayers, and what the journal itself is going to be consisted of. Basically everything I just wrote above, and then some. There are a few private thoughts that I've reserved for my printed journal only. I figured it's time to stop posting all my private thoughts on the public database we call the Internet, which is why I'm really happy with my moleskine purchase. YAY!

A few prayer points I'd like to make for all you who still follow me:

• Pray for my safety as well as the others that I'm traveling with and pray that we'll change not just the people of New Orleans' lives but the lives of the people we're working with; especially those who are non-believers and are seeking.
• Pray that the non-believers will be open minded and the Holy Spirit will be able to work in their hearts as they begin to seek God.
• Pray that we will be continually renewed spiritually and physically so that we may be able to do God's work with all our heart, mind, and strength.
• and last but not least, pray that God's love will penetrate through our words and our actions throughout the week.

Thanks! I'll update in a week, after I get back with pictures, laughs, love, and lols.