2015 World Renew Mission Trip

Blogged by: Jared

This year’s march break, my church youth group and I traveled to Franklinton, Louisiana for a mission trip to help people out after the disasters of Hurricane Katrina. Our journey started at the Alliston Christian Reformed Church where we left for Louisiana. During our 19 hour drive we traveled through cities such as Nashville and Cincinnati. In the morning we arrived into the warm weather of Louisiana. During the week, our group stayed at a small church called Bethel Baptist Church where we met Jo and Sharon. The next morning we went to a African American Methodist Church which was another great experience. After that we headed down to Gulfport, Mississippi for a beach day.The next day was our first work day where I went to another church called Bonner Creek Baptist church where we met the church owner Jerry and his wife. I ended up working on that church for the whole week. The job at hand was mostly painting inside and outside of the church. 

 After a week at work we had our final day out south. In the morning we left for a swamp tour. On the tour we saw snakes, herons, wild boar and alligator. After that we headed into the city of New Orleans. In New Orleans we went for lunch at one of New Orleans best restaurants, The Gazebo, where there was live music and great food. I had the catfish while a lot of others had alligator which was also very good. After that we had lots of time to roam around the city. The city has a very good culture where you will always see someone playing the blues. The next day we packed for the ride home. After another long ride home we were back in the cold Canada.