Easter Egg Hunt

Over the course of the year each URBN Experience team member was given the opportunity to complete a capstone project. These capstone projects are to be designed to serve and to give back to the neighborhood in some way. I'm sure that by now you've figured out that the one I'm about to share with you has everything to do with an Easter egg hunt....and you're right.

Two of our team members Lindsay and Kelsey decided that for their capstone project they would put together an Easter egg hunt in the heart of the Shelby Park neighborhood, the park, where they would not only put on the hunt but would provide food and share the resurrection of Jesus Christ with those who came out. It was truly a blessing to see the impact that having a large gathering like this in the park had on the community. After talking with several neighborhood natives we found out that they used to have these large Easter egg hunts yearly but had not had one in the last few years. Sometimes keeping traditions is just what we need to stay connected.

Below are pictures from the hunt:

....and then it became a reality.

Moving into the inner city of Louisville, I knew that there were heightened risks when it came to crime. Crime happens everywhere, Shelby Park just happens to have a higher crime rate than most surrounding neighborhoods. Never did it cross my mind (at least in a serious manner) that the house I live in would become the target of a Saturday night break in.

The house I live in was broken into during the night and a few personal items were stolen. It's not so big of a deal that this person walked away with some stuff, because that's all it is...stuff. What's unsettling is that someone was in the house while two of us were home sleeping. This is when the danger of living in this neighborhood became a reality.

It's not even that Shelby Park is a bad place to live (I'll be the first one to tell you this neighborhood has a reputation far worse than reality), for me it was the mindset I had of "It will never happen to me." Yet, here I am not really knowing what to think, just thankful that nothing worse happened.

Family Vacation

I was so excited to get to go to the beach with my family! This was the first time in years that we have all been together for vacation. It was really a huge blessing to not only have time off but to get to spend it catching up with my family and relaxing on the beach. Here are some pictures from the past week.