We received an email from the church that they needed members of the church to drive down to Louisiana and help with some flood clean up that had ruined a lot of houses and businesses. Louisiana hadn't gotten as much help as they needed as this disaster was unexpected and also happened during the olympics so it didn't get a lot of tv coverage.
We jumped at the opportunity to go down there and give our family this experience. It is about 8.5 hours to Louisiana, but I really do like road trips so it was fun. We listened to Harry Potter 4 on the way down so it was a lot more fun.
So much waste and devastation. It made us sad for these people.
We were so proud of Palmer and Lincoln and how hard they worked. Hunter and McKay couldn't help because helpers had to be 12 (Lincoln is a few months shy but he still helped).
First they helped the American Legion and the next day they helped at a Methodist church. All of the destruction was so sad. Every home and business had things ripped out of it and waiting on the curb for FEMA to come and pick up. 80% of the people did not have flood insurance and so much was damaged.
On Sunday we had the opportunity to listen to M. Russell Ballard in a jammed packed church and listen to David Archuleta speak. It was awesome.
I think these boys really liked ripping out the sheet rock and they had fun with the other youth from our ward. They hoped to get around 5,000 people and they ended up with 11,000 volunteers. I am so proud to belong to a church that makes helping people a priority.
I love that the boys got this great experience!
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