We worked at Tammy's home today. Only two of us met her but she is slightly closer to being able to move in because of us. We did a very little bit of electrical work, repaired some floors and a fence and painted ironwork. Small stuff, but a step toward hope for her and her mom and son. Three doors down another group was working, gutting a home. They had Ontario license plates, and we found out they were with Presbyterian World Youth, from Waterloo! This has been part of the great experience here. There are thousands of young and not so young people working here on Spring Break. We are not a drop in a bucket, we are part of a tidal wave of compassion and hard work and giving of ourselves for the sake of others.

Later we walked through Thomas Edison School.
The clocks were all stopped at 4:03. We could see the floodwater level, over 2 metres deep. On the second and third floor were new computers and textbooks and art supplies and class lists. It was such a shame to see the place so ready and so empty and destroyed.















What was more troubling was knowing the news reports describing the Lower Ninth Ward as a depressed area. This was a nice school in a nice neighbourhood with churches and clinics and stores and libraries and community centres.