Po Boy, Gumbo, and Beignets

Today was a very God filled day. We met other disciples of God to practice discipleship. We met with 650 other people from our synod and had a worship service. Then we broke off into groups of 10 and met with each other and became friends. During the experience in the groups, we learned how to participate in the 7 acts of discipleship. These acts were worship, study, invite, serve, pray, give, and encourage. During the learning, we listened to other people's stories on how God impacted their lives. One example was that a girl from Sedalia, Missouri church collected stain glass from around her city and built a stain glass cross and delivered it to a demolished Joplin church, 10 days after the tornado hit. She said the only things at the sight were their cross and the main door frame. Following discipleship, we explored Jackson Square and ended up sitting in a restaurant named Cafe Du Monde and eating beignets. I ate all the extra powdered sugar. After that, we took a stroll down bourbon street and and we definitely discovered the culture of the area. We then stopped at the Gumbo Shop and had ourselves some amazing Po Boy's and Gumbo. It was delicious but I did end up accidentally breaking a bread plate. My bad. With our now full stomachs, we made our way to the super dome, to hear amazing inspritional stories about discipleship. We are now ending our day with a total of 19,324 steps to accumulate 8.877 miles of walking. We have now walked a total of 20.575 miles. My legs are tired but looking forward to God lighting us the way to finding peace. - Mitchell