One Brick New Orleans Trip

This is my second trip with One Brick to St. Bernard Parish. One thing I learned from my first trip was to have the fun part of the trip the weekend before volunteering instead of the weekend following. This way we were able to experience Bourbon St after 10 pm. So I spent the weekend in the French Quarter and just arrived today at the volunteer camp. It feels like a day spa compared to the old Camp Hope (which I've been told has already been demolished and is now just a pile of dirt). There are interior walls here and I'm not sure where to begin to express the mass improvement in the shower situation! I guess the fact they are now in the same building where we sleep is a good place. I'll have to put some comparison pictures in here to demonstrate.

I heard yesterday that the houses we worked on in May are not complete and the families have not moved into them yet. In just one week in May we made tons of progress in those houses and saw them go from flat foundations to a structure that had interior and exterior walls with windows and insulation. Supposedly it is because the professionals required for plumbing and electricity are hard to come by here. I plan to go visit the old worksites to see for myself.

I did notice progress in St. Bernard Parish already on my drive to the camp from the city. There is a supermarket, many restaurants, and two drive through daquiri stores that were not there 6 months ago. Should be a fun week!