So, I just moved into my wonderful YAV house for the year. I'm living with 7 other women in a house on Zimpel Street that is in the Uptown area of New Orleans (read: not super shady and rather safe). This is the fourth city I've called home in the past 3 weeks, so I've been living out of huge suitcases and off of questionable airport chinese food for a while now. It's nice to be settled.
Last night we went to Frenchmen Street and heard John Boutté sing. This is a great link and, I mean honestly, what spiritual, middle-class white person doesn't love Hallelujah? Whether you prefer Leonard Cohen, Rufus Wainwright, Jeff Buckley, Brandi Carlile, or k.d. lang, you know you have a favorite. Well, this version was pretty powerful. There were people crying in the audience. I was mostly trying not to swat at the goobers that were singing along.
Anyways, we leave for orientation tomorrow in Stony Point, NY, and we'll be gone for a week. I don't think there will be internet there so I'll just have to store up lots of wisdom in the ol' noggin for my next post.
I can't wait for this year and the wonderful work we'll be doing. I know I'm going to grow, change, and trip up a lot in the coming months. As my favorite hymn says (sorry it's not more obscure, I'll do my best to show you how interesting I am later): "[I'm] prone to wander, Lord I feel it; prone to leave the God I love." I'm definitely inclined to do both of those things, but hopefully after wandering and leaving I'll eventually find my way to something worthwhile.
Until next time.
Excited to be reading your blog! When it comes to Hallelujah, I'm a Rufus Wainwright fan all the way, and Come Thou Fount is and always has been my favorite hymn too :)
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