Today was the second day of our missions trip,and we painted a really old, neglected elementary school in the Historic Treme neighborhood where Louis Armstrong was born. With only nine people in our group, we finished painting the entire first floor and helped the school begin the process of moving out. As a charter school, they had been given five years probation in order to get their grades up to appropriate marks. Sadly, many of the students come from the notorious Ninth Ward and were unable to reach the mark. As a result they are not having their contracts renewed and a new school will take its place. God placed us in this place to give the next school a fresh start! Please pray that God would send the right people to care for the youth of the lower Ninth Ward.
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