foiled by Rita

I'm sitting in the Starbuck's on College Ave in Baton Rouge. I figured I would take a moment and just let you know what's up...

Well, we were supposed to go down into the city again this weekend...at least Kevin, Chris and I were going to go. Hurricane Rita ruined our plans. Oh well. We are planing on making our way down there sometime this week. There are a couple more families that need some immediate work done on their homes. Plus, we have to start nailing down details on how things will work with these work teams that will arrive soon. We hope to form a team this week that will oversee things for the work teams. It will consist of whatever church leadership is in a position to spare the time and energy. I am really thankful that my Uncle Larry is already on board. We need his knowledge and skills.

My pastor during my college days, Sherman Soileau, is now in Henderson, LA. It's a small down about 30 minutes west of Baton Rouge. Sherman's church has been working overtime to minister to evacuees over the past couple of weeks. They have been caring for them, loving on them and putting them in a situation where they can take care of themselves for the time being. It is really cool to hear their story. Apparently Governor Blanco even sent some men down to Henderson to find out what they were doing!

Anyway, they just packed a U-Haul truck full of supplies for us to take down to New Orleans. That will be the first order of business for Chris, Kev and I this week.

So, if you wanna help out this week, let me know. If you need help, let me know that too!