New Hope for Miss Milly’s House by Thomas (a pilgrim) by Thomas
The flood after Hurricane Katrina left everything in the city of New Orleans changed. It has been four years, and many parts of the city are still in bad condition. But people don’t want (the Wonder Voyage team) to show them pity; no, they just welcome our help. None of the people we have met feel sad- the emotion that covers New Orleans is New Hope.
Miss Milly, whose house was ruined in the flood showed great compassion and appreciation as we gutted her house. In fact, she was working right alongside us for part of the day.
The emotion that slowly started to dawn on us was that she wasn’t sad; the feeling that she presented was more of a rebirth. The whole team was enveloped in this feeling, and pushed even farther to work harder.
When we finished for the day, the very appreciative Miss Milly returned to thank us and to wish us all good luck on our trip. Then something happened… We prayed as a symbol of belief and new beginning. At that moment gutting Miss Milly’s house seemed like the biggest thing in the world.