ELCA National Youth Gathering in New Orleans
July 16 – 20, 2024
Home!!
Erika and Allie are finally home! After 24 hours of travel and a night in New York City, they both made it home safely this afternoon. We continue to pray for the groups that our still navigating ways home and give thanks that all 9 of us made it home safely (even if...
Cancelled Flights and New Plans
For those of you who were at church this morning, you may have heard that Allie and Erika's flight home was cancelled yesterday and rescheduled for tonight. Unfortunately, after waiting through another 2 hour delay, their flight home tonight was also cancelled. While...
Happiness, Tiredness, and Delayed Flights
The group woke up this morning to the smell of beignets for breakfast and enjoyed spending our last couple of minutes in our hotel together. We took a bus to the airport and checked in. And then we walked around for a bit until Erika and Allie split off to go to their...
Opened Minds and Silly Shirts
On Friday, we woke up around 6:00 to go do our accompaniment day project. We learned about gender equality and how social systems allow men to maintain power and force women to be submissive. Then we went to the Riverwalk shopping area to get lunch which included...
“Big Daddy” in da city
We were not going to mention this, but Ben brought it up during devotions anyways, so the morning started with Ben having an impromptu bathroom break at 5:45 AM. Then at 7:20, Micah impatiently knocked on Allie, Sofie, and Enna's door. They ignored him because they...
Scavenger hunt, bouncy houses, and Smoothie King Stadium.
It's day two here in NOLA and we've already done so many things. All of us woke up and left the hotel by 9am, we started our day by stopping at a local coffee shop called the French Truck Cafe, where some of us got coffee and other got specialized lemonades. After...
Our First Day In New Orleans!!
To start our day, we all met at the church at 2:30 in the morning! We were finally ready to board the plane after driving to the airport, going through security, and finding our gate. After the first flight, Erika and Allie landed in Atlanta, and the rest of the group...
New Orleans Bound!
We are through security and eagerly waiting at our gate, ready for a great week of Lutheran Youth Fun in New Orleans! Although I am sure many of you are still asleep as I type this, prayers for safe travels when you read this would be appreciated. A special thank you...