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Friday, March 24. Posted
by Mark DeLong.
 Today
we returned to the home of Lester and Charmaine to help them sort
through their personal belongings before they returned to Houston.
The group's work earlier in the week was a great help to certain
homeowners, but today's work came with immediate results. Lester and
Charmaine were overjoyed to discover many of their personal items,
including Lester's wallet and Charmaine's elephant collection. The
biggest reward, however came when their daughter Ashley stepped out
of the car to meet us.
Lester and Charmaine told us yesterday that Ashley, their
10-year-old daughter, did not want to return to their old home.
Ashley never wanted to talk about the hurricane and had rarely
smiled in the past 7 months. Today, however, since they were headed
straight to Houston, she rode with them to the site. Today, she
talked openly about her life, laughed and smiled with our group.
Lester and Charmaine were glad we were able to help them sort
through their personal items, but they were happiest to see a smile
come across Ashley's face again. With each smile, our students knew
they had ventured to New Orleans and made a difference over their
spring break.
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