Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina has devastated the coast of Louisiana and Mississippi, doing particular damage to the city of New Orleans. There are a number of New Testament assemblies in the area. This blog was created to provide information about the health and situation of the Christians in the affected areas, information on how this storm has affected homes and chapels, and information on how you can help the Christians rebuild their lives, homes and chapels.
If you have any information, please send it to me and I'll post it.
I was told today that MSC and CMML are receiving funds to help with hurricane relief. At the time of posting this message their web sites don't have any details.
If you have any information, please send it to me and I'll post it.
I was told today that MSC and CMML are receiving funds to help with hurricane relief. At the time of posting this message their web sites don't have any details.
posted by Shawn Abigail at 7:09 PM
1 Comments:
From: Robert R Brown
>
> Dear Praying Friends,
> Well, if you've been watching the national
> news you already know
> that about the time you think things just can't
> possibly get worse ...
> they get worse!
> I'm sure that NOBODY in the government is
> doing ANYTHING right
> ... but given the choice between being me in my
> place and being them in
> theirs ... I think I'll take where and who I am to
> being where and who
> they are! No wonder the Lord tells us to pray for
> those in authority
> over us!!! UGH! Imagine trying to evacuate 2 to 3
> 1/2 million people
> with a category 5 hurricane breathing down your neck
> ... with almost NO
> notice! Then having the place you evacuated the
> poor and infirm to loose
> it's roof and flood. NOW you've got to try to
> evacuate the evacuation
> shelters ... while people are dyeing from lack of
> adequate care ...
> bodies on the sidewalk and in the convention center
> ... and then looters
> and snipers begin shooting at the aid workers! Well
> you probably have
> more details about it all than we do. Looting!
> Shooting! Fires with no
> possible way to put them out! Broken / Burning gas
> lines! Raw sewage,
> petrochemicals, wood, insulation, dead animals and
> dead human bodies
> floating EVERYWHERE! Rescue workers who can't
> communicate with each
> other due to no electricity for the towers or
> phones. Even the Satellite
> phones only work sporadically! And now no gasoline!
> A catastrophe of
> monumental proportions! Do you think that people
> have a sense of need
> yet!!! If I wasn't saved, I'd sure be willing to
> discuss it! Praise the
> Lord for once again stirring the ashes of men's
> hearts!!! The governor
> called for a statewide day of prayer ... someone
> else said that wouldn't
> be a bad idea for the whole nation ... and the ACLU
> didn't even complain
> or sue anyone! Amazing! Unbelievers going to the
> "God who doesn't
> exist" for help! REALLY Amazing!!!
> On the PRAISE THE LORD end of things ...
> Duze is alive! We found
> him as well as his Dad and Step Mother and they're
> ok! Praise the Lord!
> We also got a little more accounting done
> ... as I told you
> everyone now is accounted for from Slidell Bible
> Chapel. Also, everyone
> from Lake Park Chapel is accounted for and everyone
> from the Spanish
> Meeting is accounted for. Everyone is spread all
> over the country, but
> they are alive and well! Praise the Lord!
> We also got our own people into Slidell for
> the first time ... on
> site ... on the ground! Not a pretty site ... but
> MUCH to be encouraged
> by! Lee Sandifer called me on his way back to the
> Memphis area (round
> trip in one day ... no gas available in route ... so
> had to carry extra
> gas with him)! He said the more you saw, the more
> numb you became ...
> destruction everywhere! And then you realized ...
> sure, there's a LOT
> down, but LOOK AT HOW MUCH IS STILL STANDING!!! His
> estimate was that if
> we could get power today, there might be 40% of
> Slidell operable (maybe
> not well ... but operable)! They expect to have
> power back on in 6-8
> weeks. His house and his fathers home had about 5
> feet of water in them.
> Our home had about a foot of water in it. The
> chapel is flooded. Most
> of other homes had minor damage and some had
> flooding. Two mobile homes
> probably a loss. All in all the outcome was very
> good for having gone
> through the eye of the worst hurricane to ever
> strike the US mainland!!!
> There is a LOT to do and MUCH that is needed. We're
> a LONG way from even
> being able to be in our homes ... but in the end,
> we're VERY thankful for
> the Lord's care for us ... and His INCREDIBLE /
> UNBELIEVABLE / MIRACULOUS
> answers to YOUR prayers!!!
> JoAnne and I are going to try to head home
> on Saturday with a
> stop in Needham, Al. Their power is still out along
> with many all up
> through Mississippi and Alabama as far as
> Birmingham. Then on to Slidell
> and make plans for our house, the chapel and others
> homes and then a stop
> back at camp. We're not sure where we'll end up.
> Ray Cummings got into the camp last night
> and found that it only
> had minor damage so if we can get 5 x 5,000 watt
> generators to power the
> camp ... and the Gasoline to run them ... we will be
> able to house
> approximately 30 families! So that's what we're
> working on right now.
> Once we get a few people more or less permanently at
> the camp we can
> begin putting out a list of needed items that can be
> brought in to the
> Camp for further distribution to people / places
> needing them from there.
> I'm sure we'll need water, food, generators, chain
> saws, tarps and
> finances. Most will not have jobs or income for
> quite some time. We'll
> also be able to begin getting mail at some point in
> time ... probably
> also at the camp, we'll see.
> Specific items of prayer is for strength and
> wisdom for all of us
> down here. For the Lord's help in making all the
> decisions necessary.
> Pray for health issues with all the tropical
> diseases that grow out of
> the current conditions. Pray for safety as we all
> work to get life back
> on track ... also for safety from critters sharing
> the same high ground
> with us ... also safety from injury as we work and
> safety from hazards
> from down wires etc. Pray we can get fuel and water
> and food.
> Well, enough for now. THANK YOU so much for
> your prayers ... for
> your encouragement ... and for YOU! Please
> continue to keep us in your
> regular prayers!
> Our love to you all,
> Bob & JoAnne Brown
>
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