Eventful. Though uncreative, this word easily sums up our day. After welcoming Shannon to New Orleans on an overcast morning, we made our way to St. Bernard to meet up with the Colorado State group. Shannon was overwhelmed at the number of houses in disrepair and the multitudes of FEMA trailers that still lined the [...]
Posted on March 17th, 2008 by Gretchen Wieland
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What a great day it has been. After a sunny and beautiful five-hour drive to New Orleans today, Jeff’s family greeted me with food, conversation, and KU basketball. I’m quite grateful they are allowing Shannon and myself to call their place “home” for the next week, and they are genuinely great people.
A few of the groups [...]
Posted on March 16th, 2008 by Gretchen Wieland
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A moment of loveliness
I captured in Arkansas
After nine hours and several different weather phenomena, I’m safely set for the night in Mississippi. The morning began with snow in Kansas and part of Missouri, then rain through the rest of Missouri, followed by 150 miles of beautiful sunshine in Arkansas, and finally strong winds and overcast [...]
Posted on March 15th, 2008 by Gretchen Wieland
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As the hours for the big trip are winding down, my excitement and stress levels are inversely proportionate! After a busy few days of University tests and last-minute plan shuffles for next week, I’m quite ready to let this adventure unravel. However, reality has not yet sunk in that this little idea I had eight [...]
Posted on March 14th, 2008 by Gretchen Wieland
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Don’t adjust your monitor or call the optometrist for an appointment; we have a revamped site! While you were sleeping, our webmaster Patrick designed a new user-friendly format for Project: Katrina Hope. It has a few great new features I’d like to point out to you.
First, this blog makes up the homepage, so you can [...]
Posted on March 11th, 2008 by Gretchen Wieland
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