My wife and daughter decided to join our church's youth mission trip this year and they have gone to New Orleans to help out flood victims rebuild stuff. My wife just called and was in tears because of what she saw down there. She said not everyone can live in a fema house, some are still living like its the stone ages. She was told that the death rate was in the 1300 a month(?) from under 500 or so since Katrina. She was told that a church in the area was nearly under water and 30 plus people went over a week and a half in the 100 degree plus without water, food, or a bathroom before being rescued.:shock: She also added that they may have survived the hurricaine but wont survive the health issues everyone has now because of it. She said that it still smells like dampness still almost like the smell of wet dog poop. Everywhere you look you can see what the water damage has done. Nothing she has seen on the internet or on the news prepared her for what she is working in there. The church they are staying in is at 51st and Franklin and they are all sleeping on cots in the church. The church is sponsoring them with a place to stay and meals. They get to help out with landscaping today. The wife will be planting scrubs and plants and the daughter gets to go help clean another yard a couple blocks away. They both are on teams of 8 or so and will be there all week. My request here is that if you can pray ray: for the workers and the people who live there in N.O. please do so. They are not done getting back on their feet. If you can financially send money :dollar: to help send it to the church at GENTILLY BAPTIST CHURCH 5141 Franklin Ave., New Orleans, LA. 70122 If you want to go there to volunteer call them and see what you can do to help. Phone: (504) 282-6467 The church needs money to buy supplies to feed and house those that are there to help out plus to buy things needed to rebuild the area around them. Look at this webpage and read about what is going on there. http://www.namb.net/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=9qKILUOzEpH&b=227361&ct=3876941 These AMERICANS still need help and alot more prayers please help if you can.:Smarty:
I just heard from my wife tonight and she told me that the woman she was helping today was in her 60s and she lost her husband in the flood. She was very grateful to the kids for helping out. She was in the yard all day with them helping. The ladies nephew showed up around noon and was there to help too but my wife said he was more in the way than help.
Mike, I went to St. James Major 1 blk. away. Lived just down the street and attended Boy Scout meetings at that Very church!!!!!! Had a friend who lived next door too. I grew up off Franklin Ave. before moving 6 mi. ea. to Chalmette. We appreciate all the volunteers that have come down to help... Thank your wife for us..
Wife and daughter will be coming home tomarrow and the told me that they ended up working on 17 homes over the last 6 days. Cleaning and rebuilding yards, installing insulation and sheet rock in one house and just general cleaning. They are wore out they said. I told them you all here and over on BPG told them that they are doing a good thing they told me to tell you all thanks!!
