Road Trip: Texas to NOLA to Miss to NOLA and back to Texas
1400+ miles in 5 days! What a trip! In our first Road Trip as a ministry team we packed in both a good amount of fun as well as good opportunities to get our hands dirty.
We set out from Texas and made it to Pineville, Louisiana for the first leg of the trip. A huge shout out to First Baptist Pineveille for allowing us to crash on the floor of their church! They were in the middle of construction, but free a place to sleep is a free place to sleep and for that we were grateful! The next morning we headed on in to New Orleans were we met up with our good friends over at The Jesus Project located in the Hollygrove district, the 17th Ward. We took part in their annual Cajun Thanksgiving Outreach and helped feed about 400 people. Music, games, crafts...an all around good time. We departed that night for the third leg of our journey heading up to Oxford, Mississippi. We arrived about midnight and sleep in as late as possible. Once there we spent a few days with the Jackson family. We helped work their land (clearing leaves, splitting wood, anything they needed) and in return we had some the best home cooking you can imagine! For the final leg of the road trip we headed back down through Louisiana for a stop at the Duck Dynasty location. We hit it at just the right time as there were only a few others visiting. No lines for pictures, no lines for the gift shop, and best of all no lines for the restroom!
1 suburban, 8 people, 3 states, 1400+ miles, 5 days, and just at 24 hours of time spent in the car together. I would do this trip with this group of people again in a heart beat!
For more info on The Jesus Project: http://www.jesusprojectministries.com/
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