It’s 9:16 and we are tired. The last few days we’ve had some very early mornings. This morning we started at about 7:15 meeting other communion assistants at the Superdome. We were up in the nosebleed section for communion. I was proud that we were able to be worship leaders. It was awesome to see communion for 38,000 people. It sort of reminded me of St. John’s vision in Revelation 7 where people from every tribe, race, and nation were gathered around the throne worshipping the Lamb.
We were blessed to hear Bishop Hanson preach. Music was great. A little fact about worship this morning… The planners used saw horses, doors, and a tarp for the altar. These items are to be donated for homes in the area.
One neat thing that happened last night…. Bishop Hanson read a letter to the youth gathering from President Obama. He thanked us for coming here and making such a difference in this area. That was neat. In all my times at the youth gathering I’ve never hear a letter to the gathering from a president. I would even venture to call this a historic moment for the youth gathering.
We’ve also been in the paper and TV every day. This was a big deal for New Orleans because we were the largest convention since Katrina. The economic impact was huge for this city. This is, of course, in addition to all the service project hours we did. We’re talking over 250,000 hours of work in the city. Bishop Hanson shared in his sermon this morning that it would take 98 years to have one person do the amount of work we did in three days. Pretty impressive.
We’ve had all sorts of folks from New Orleans talk to us about how thankful they are to have hosted us here. We’ve made a great impact in the community. God’s work. Our hands.
Good night to all. We leave tomorrow morning for the train station at 5:30 am.
Peace,
prp
