Did We Skip Friday?

It seems that my post from yesterday disappeared! Well, if you're keeping track at home, yesterday was our practice discipleship day. We had an opportunity to worship with our synod, to break into small groups and meet new people, to have lunch at Hard Rock, and to GET WET! Yes, on Friday it rained 6.5 inches of rain in the French Quarter - too bad we can't bring some of it back to Wisconsin!

Here are a few pictures from our day.

Peace,
Dave

Update From Saturday

We've had a great day practicing peacemaking today, including time to play at the convention center, worship focused on peacemaking, and now our final evening in the dome.

Peace,
Dave

A Quick Update

Because I had to be up at 4:55 to prepare for worship as a Synod today (all 670 of us from Greater Milwaukee), this mornings post will be short. Today we are spending time with our synod, taking about discipleship, and having a scavenger hunt!

I'll leave you with a picture of yesterday - we practiced justice by cleaning up a park in west New Orleans.

I'll have more up this afternoon!

Peace,
Dave

Our view in the dome

Doris's Place

The building that Pastor Greg and crew worked on.

In the Garden District

A Busy Wednesday

Today our students had an extremely full, extremely meaningful day. We started off heading in a couple of different directions - part of the group chose to head down to the riverfront for a ferry tour, while the rest of the group took a bus out to the Garden District. We met up at Bethlehem Lutheran to have time with their folks, Pastor Keen and some of Bethlehem's other partner congregations. It was meaningful to see where Pastor Greg and a few of our members served this past January, and to see the progress that's been made on Doris's place. Our time included a fantastic crab and shrimp boil. Quite a few of the kids were willing to try blue crab, which includes tearing it apart to get to the backfin meat.

After a quick stop at the hotel after our time with Pastor Keen, we headed back to the hotel to get cleaned up, and then off to Champion's Square for a bite to eat. We headed into the dome at 7 pm, and then had a fantastic experience taking in the music, speakers, video, and the 35,000 Lutherans present.

We wrapped up the evening by spending some time at a dance and 'fun zone' at our hotel. I'll post some pictures soon.

Peace,
Dave