New Orleans is looking a lot better than it did a year ago. However that is still a lot of work to be done. There is still houses needed to be gutted, slabs of concrete everywhere, and empty shells of homes around. However there are people returing. There are more fast food chains in other than McDonalds. There are more people in houses, I would say around 1 out of 5 in St. Bernard Parish (don't quote me on that though). Things look cleaner and New Orleans is starting to look more like a city than a war zone. There is a lot of work still to do but things are starting to look a lot better.
I spent the past 2 days putting a fence up around the church. It is something that they desperately needed to contain their pre-school that meets during the week. This church is a safe haven for people in the community and is doing everything that it can to help this community out. Last time I was down here the church was just starting to be drywalled. Now it is fully drywalled, painted, with bunks and heat and running water. And has an amazing mural in it that is breath-taking of the 3 crosses on the hill.
Things are looking up...there is a lot of work to be done.
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