What it means to be serviceable

After finishing our work Thursday we had completed the service element of our trip.  I feel like our major goals for the class was to understand the city through the eyes of the natives, and in the process of doing so help them recover from the aftermath of Katrina.  Our service project goal was not fully achieved by any project, but I feel that the service projects combined achieved the goal we were set out to complete.  For example I feel like we helped the New Orleaners most when he helped build the home in Hollyoaks, with Rebuilding Together.  The achievements we made with the home in the two short days was very heartwarming and I felt that we made tremendous strives to help the homeowners.  Even though we were able to have such a positive impact for the homeowners, we were never able to react directly with the people of New Orleans. 

We were able to act directly with the people when we worked in the nursery home.  Even though at St Margret’s I did not feel the same sense of accomplishment we were able to learn about the city from its oldest citizens.  I feel like we had lofty goals when we wanted to combine all of these categories under one umbrella, however I feel like it was very successful for us to complete the major goals of the class in different stages.  If we would have combined both of the categories I feel like we would not have been able to establish the same foundations as we did by completing these projects.