Ethan,
How are you? Chicago (have you been here?) is a beautiful city, but it has been hard on us. Our morale is flagging – I have been sleeping in the cab of the truck and my back is beginning to ache. This weekend it rained for three days. On saturday [...]

The St. Bernard story has been exciting to cover. There is a great deal off energy being focused by the residents on returning to their homes, and their stories have been inspiring if not humbling to hear. This is housing that has been condemned by the city and the federal government, and marginalized even before [...]

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It’s been a long time since I last wrote. This place is a maelstrom, and once it lifts you up, it can be quite a while before it lets you down again to pick up the scattered pieces of your previous plans and objectives. It can tie you up in knots, and you don’t even [...]

It is a cold morning in New Orleans. The temperature varies a lot here in the winter– cold front, warm front, cold front, etc.. Similarly the climate of St. Mary’s changes regularly as volunteers come and go. Sometimes, like fall break, we are flooded with college students, other times the community turns more inward, and [...]