Hello, everyone! We made it to New Orleans and have been here since Friday! We are staying at the New Orleans YWAM base. From the base you can see the buildings of downtown N.O., and the Mississippi River is only a three minute walk away! Being here has been awesome. Most of the people on staff are in their 20's, and they are SO much fun to work with!! Being in New Orleans has been absolutely incredible, so far!! We had the opportunity to play with a bunch of kids in the projects yesterday. There were so many sweet, intelligent, talented and fun children there. I absolutely fell in love with the kids, especially a little girl named Jackion. She is so intelligent, and she loves drawing and talking about science. Her desire to learn and her kindness made me totally fall in love with her. We get to go play with the kids several more times while we are here, and I am so excited to do it again!! Today, we did a church service for kids in a juvenile detention center. I led worship with one of the other DTS students, Doran. We did our skit that we have been working on, and several people on our team gave their testimony. At the end, we were able to pray with the kids there. As we were praying for the girls, they started bawling and opening their hearts up to us. It was so incredible. We couldn't help but cry ourselves! Being here has been so eye opening. It's amazing how well people respond and how they open up when you just make yourself available to them and show them that you care. Me and Tracy in front of the Mississippi River! Our team! Some of the sights in the French Quarter! Please pray that our team would continue reaching people in the ways that they need to be reached and that we would successfully show God's heart for them during our time here. Until next time, Olivia
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AuthorOlivia DeLaney is a recent college graduate that blogs about her transition into adulthood and the adventures along the way. Archives
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