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EXPECTATIONS
2008 MISSION TEAM - New Orleans
Loryn Keller: What I hope
to gain from this mission trip is get out of my comfort zone. I really want to get to know other people. I
really want to help out other people. That would make me feel good about
myself. I really want to connect with
God more.
Savannah Vogel: Going to New Orleans this summer is not only a great
opportunity to help those who’s lives have been devastated by Hurricane
Katrina but an opportunity to work with some of my closest friends and meet
new people. I hope that seeing and
being a part of the lives of the less fortunate will give me a better
perspective on my life and help me grow closer to God. I know we’ll have a great time together and
I can’t wait!
Robert Holland:
On this mission trip, I hope to grow closer to God, the other mission team
members and the people I help in New
Orleans. I
think and hope that our mission team will make a huge difference in peoples’
lives which are in need. I know we’ll
have a great time and help many lives!!
Megan Quamme: To
me this mission trip not only means that I get to go help somebody who’s life
has been devastated by Hurricane Katrina, but I get to do it with my closest
friends. I’m super excited to play
with kids and help people get back on track with everybody involved this
year. I help that when I’m done with
this that I’ll really appreciate life more than I do now from seeing some of
the situations that people are in New
Orleans. I’m
also excited to get to know some of the people going on the trip better
because I’ll be with them the whole week.
I believe that we’ll not only have fun as a group, but we’ll also get
a lot of work done and turn a few people’s lives around.
Lori Vogel
(chaperone): I’m excited
to the opportunity to build my faith and spend a week with an awesome group
of people. Watching our kids take
risks and reach out beyond their comfort zone is inspiring to me.
Tyler Grams: On
this mission trip I hope to make new friends and help our the less fortunate
and make their lives a little better.
Austin Haag:
(This is Austin’s second mission trip)
Kendall Quamme:
(This is Kendall’s second mission trip) I want to go on this mission trip because
the last time I went I had a great time,
I met a lot of people and still talk to some of them. My last mission changed how I look at life. It has taught me many things and I can’t
wait to learn more of this one.
Alison Moerke:
Going to New Orleans
this summer was an exciting opportunity for me. This is mainly because I’ve never been on a
mission trip, but also because I was anxious to see the full effect that
Hurricane Katrina had on our country and, most of all, the people living in
that area. I understand that we won’t
be seeing the hurricane damage in full, however, we will be helping people
that were effected by it and in my eyes, that’s just about as good as it
gets. I think this trip will give all
of us a better understanding of what these people went through and how lucky
we are to have what we do because these people had no control over what
happened to them. I am very excited to
be a part of this team and am looking forward to our trip together.
Paul
Brandenburg (chaperone): (This
is Paul’s second time of chaperoning!)I am again looking forward to being the
hands and feet of Christ with this group of young people. Building a stronger bond together as we
journey I New Orleans. In Jesus’ name.
NOTES FROM NEW ORLEANS:
After working at our work
sites we had dinner and then went out.
Every night it was a different activity. One of our activities was going on a prayer
drive. We drove passed the super dome
where all the people stayed after Katrina hit and went to one of the levy’s
that broke. There was a chunk of the
wall that was collapsed during the storm.
There was a new part of the wall where the hole was. On the side of the collapse there were
places that had houses there but there was now only grass. Some of the houses were still standing but
they were in poor condition. After we
were done with the prayer drive we went to go get snowballs.
Loryne Kellor
My mission trip experience
was good because I got out of my comfort zone and I met a lot of cool people.
One of the ladies I went and worked for was so cool. When I gave her a hug at
the end of our first day there, she told me that I was not just helping her I
was helping her kids. As in the kids
she teaches, because we painted the desk for her school.
Austin Haag
My experience in New Orleans was
dynamite. The thing that struck me the most was how they still don’t have
everyone back. Wanda had one neighbor on her entire block return. It also
struck me on Wanda’s story of how she evacuated and God told her too. That
really meant a lot to hear her story.
Paul Brandenburg
One of many experiences in New Orleans was a women I met by the name
of Coma Lewis. Coma owned a home in
the eighth district which was a pretty hard hit area that was under thirteen
feet of water. Painting the outside of
her home, and painting over the water lines as they receded had an impact on me
as well as the youth I was in charge of. Coma had an ability to talk with our
mission youth at breaks and during lunches. The vision that sticks with me is
her having a conversation with our mission youth under a big cypress tree
that was in her backyard and telling the stories of Hurricane Katrina.
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