Day 4, March 18

Hey guys. So today, we went to a food bank called Second Harvest. At the food bank, we worked on an assembly line, sorting the food that came out and we put it into boxes. We did a good amount of work today. One funny thing was that during the afternoon, there was a ramen rush, where about 1000 packs of ramen (individual) came out and we had to sort them. It was a huge overload of food. I met some girls from a Catholic school in the area, named Lindsey and Fallon. We had some good conversations about the differences between life here in Louisiana, and back home in Massachusetts. They were very surprised that there are strict laws about alcohol, and especially that people are not as friendly as down here. It was a real shock to her that life in MA is so rushed, and that if someone has to wait, or if people don't know what's going on, it's a big deal and people get worried. The thought of seeing someone when walking down the street and not talking to them was completely foreign to the girls. They told me that life down here is a lot of fun, and that on the weekends and during the week, people just go out and hang out and go chill on Bourbon st. After going to the food bank, we went to Magazine st., which is a small shopping district. We did a bit of shopping, and then we went to Trinity Church, and we experienced the organ and the Labyrinth. The Labyrinth is a sort of maze, with only one path, and no tricks. You follow the path from the outside to the middle, and it is supposed to clear the mind, and can provide inspiration. We then returned back to the base, where we just had dinner, and are now about to watch the Spike Lee documentary of Huricane Katrina After this, we are going to just hang out, and then we will go to sleep. See ya later