The Miracles Continue!!
I have not posted anything for the past week as I have been totally involved and consumed in organizing and mananging of the construction site for an awesome building effort in Calcasieu Parish in the town of Vinton, LA. This is about 5 miles shy of the south eastern Texas border town of Orange.
The build was at a delapadated shelter location that has been operating for 22 years specifically for the purpose of housing homless veterans of the Vietnam War. It has grown to include anyone who is homeless and continues to operate due to the diligent and pious efforts of the main man Brother Burt.
This building effort was similar to last years in that it was a spring break trip for some 56 students who arrived here in waves two Saturday's ago. Then the differences begin. 46 of the students are Bosnians. Approximately 1/2 of then are doing undergrad work at St' Johns University in Minnesota. The other half have already completed their 4 year degrees and are either back home working or are continuing their studies and furthering their degrees. They all are part of a Peace Trails organization that stems from Bosnia and there are 120 of them in the group in total. The web site to learn more about their efforts is http://www.nestovise.org/ (all though it is in the language of Bosnia.
Along with them we had an amazing contingent of American students and two women exchange students from South Korea, going to school in Long Island, New York. Thanks to each of you. You were the backbone of the group and worked your tails off this week.
Please see all of the pictures (or however many you want to) on Megs Website - http://picasaweb.google.com/Meganlps - the files dated March 16 thru the 20th will show you all that has occurred over the past week.
We will be sharing an official Louisiana Crawfish Boil/ Easter family meal with our friends Susan and Shannon and family at Shannon's Dad's house in Toomey, LA this afternoon and then tomorrow we will make our way west to Texas. First Stop Austin. We are attempting to layout a trip thru Texas but it is so big that we are having some difficulty slecteing a route. We intended to spend a month here but are getting concerned that if we stay that long we will not be able to spend as much time in New Mex and Arizona due to the oncoming heat (that Meg does not like)
So we shall see. Please stay tuned!
Getting to know each of these people this week was the miricale for me of the week. My life is forever altered by the relationships and friends I make from all over this planet. I am deeply honored to have been involved with them.
My deepest thanks go out to my new friend Bill from San Fran. Who made it all possible thru his diligent and peacefilled efforts to make it work as he guided his group through the process and help to make my days easier as well.
The guys from the shelter, Dan, Rick, Tommy, Doug, Scott all the John's on site and Vicki - You all were the best. Thanks for everything.
I have not posted anything for the past week as I have been totally involved and consumed in organizing and mananging of the construction site for an awesome building effort in Calcasieu Parish in the town of Vinton, LA. This is about 5 miles shy of the south eastern Texas border town of Orange.
The build was at a delapadated shelter location that has been operating for 22 years specifically for the purpose of housing homless veterans of the Vietnam War. It has grown to include anyone who is homeless and continues to operate due to the diligent and pious efforts of the main man Brother Burt.
This building effort was similar to last years in that it was a spring break trip for some 56 students who arrived here in waves two Saturday's ago. Then the differences begin. 46 of the students are Bosnians. Approximately 1/2 of then are doing undergrad work at St' Johns University in Minnesota. The other half have already completed their 4 year degrees and are either back home working or are continuing their studies and furthering their degrees. They all are part of a Peace Trails organization that stems from Bosnia and there are 120 of them in the group in total. The web site to learn more about their efforts is http://www.nestovise.org/ (all though it is in the language of Bosnia.
Along with them we had an amazing contingent of American students and two women exchange students from South Korea, going to school in Long Island, New York. Thanks to each of you. You were the backbone of the group and worked your tails off this week.
Please see all of the pictures (or however many you want to) on Megs Website - http://picasaweb.google.com/Meganlps - the files dated March 16 thru the 20th will show you all that has occurred over the past week.
We will be sharing an official Louisiana Crawfish Boil/ Easter family meal with our friends Susan and Shannon and family at Shannon's Dad's house in Toomey, LA this afternoon and then tomorrow we will make our way west to Texas. First Stop Austin. We are attempting to layout a trip thru Texas but it is so big that we are having some difficulty slecteing a route. We intended to spend a month here but are getting concerned that if we stay that long we will not be able to spend as much time in New Mex and Arizona due to the oncoming heat (that Meg does not like)
So we shall see. Please stay tuned!
Getting to know each of these people this week was the miricale for me of the week. My life is forever altered by the relationships and friends I make from all over this planet. I am deeply honored to have been involved with them.
My deepest thanks go out to my new friend Bill from San Fran. Who made it all possible thru his diligent and peacefilled efforts to make it work as he guided his group through the process and help to make my days easier as well.
The guys from the shelter, Dan, Rick, Tommy, Doug, Scott all the John's on site and Vicki - You all were the best. Thanks for everything.
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