On November 15, 2009 three members of South Presbyterian Church joined eight other people from the Genesee Valley Presbytery on a mission trip to New Orleans to help rebuild the city. Four years after Katrina, there are still great swaths of the Lower Ninth Ward that are nothing but weeds and concrete slabs, and large parts of other areas that look fine from a distance, but are in reality just shells with empty interiors. We worked on one such house, laying tile, framing doors and windows, installing kitchen cabinets and trimming dry wall in odd corners. It was very rewarding to know that we had helped a family come closer to reuniting and moving into their home. It was also a rich experience in working together with members of other churches and organizations from around the country. The Presbytery of Genesee Valley hopes to sponsor two trips a year through 2011 to New Orleans for rebuilding--"Lest We Forget."

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