New Orleans Experience

Thank you very much for your support and your prayers. We could tell that we

were being prayed for.

Before I arrived, I didn’t know what to expect. I even tried not to expect what it

would be like. Despite my efforts, I was surprised, when we were flying toward the city

that I could not see the devastation from the air. Everything looked like a normal

working city. Even when we got to the ground, things appeared only slightly damaged.

The reason for that is that the actual city of New Orleans is above sea level.

Our first viewing of the real destruction came the next day when we went to the ninth

ward, the place that was hit the hardest. Only a few of the houses remained standing.

For some, it seemed as if a giant had decided to have a stomping party with the houses as

the target. I saw a house that was totally smashed except for the laundry room. I saw a

laundry basket in there and thought “Wow, this was someone’s home. They led a normal

life until this happened to them.