On Wednesday, I volunteered to work at a brand new job site, just a short walk from our apartments. I was excited to begin a new job where as the previous two days I stayed at the same site, and our job was to begin the painting Ms. Jennet's house. It was more than just painting it was all the process that one had to undertake to finally paint. We had scraped, sanded, and set up our ladders, a huge process in its own way. Ms. Jennet was a woman who had given so much back to the city of New Orleans, she is the saint in a city of saints. She manages and maintains a dozen or so community gardens throughout New Orleans, specifically in the lower ninth ward, where she designed and built public gardens in vacant lots, where before Hurricane Katrina shot gun houses stood. Ms. Jennet spends most of her time helping others, that she does not have time to care for her own home, and that is why we we volunteered to paint her 120 year old house, she would rather of spent her time helping others than herself. She was only home for 10 minutes, before she went back to work on another garden, but in that shirt time she really showed her appreciation and her happiness about the work. And also in that short time she unknowingly showed how truly and naturally amazing she is. The world needs more people like Ms. Jennet, who put others before themselves. 

-Tim M.