MT08 - Day 7

It was a good day to say goodbye to "The Big Easy." We woke early, finished packing the vans, ate our last so called continental breakfast, and headed down to the French Quarter. We met up with some students from a local youth group, "The Upper Room," and handed out hygiene kits to homeless. This was way outside the comfort zone of most of our students. I was so impressed to watch them approach, talk to and pray with complete strangers!

We all met up after that for some fun in the oldest part of the city. A few went shopping but most went down to ride the ferry across the river. Since we missed the boat by a few minutes w

e turned into the the New Orleans Aquarium for some much needed AC. We had fun petting the sharks and rays and watching the otters and penguins. After a short walk, a little confusion and short line we were sitting down in Cafe Maspero for some cajan cookin'. We polished lunch off with some beignets from Cafe Dumonde, then loaded up and headed to Lake Hartwell.

It was a marathon drive with a stop for dinner, shopping for groceries and a bleary eyed search for the house through "The Mist." It was exciting to arrive at 3:00AM last night to our fantasy lake estate. What a sweet pad! After some early morning footsball we crashed for the night.