Evacu-Blog

Charles and Ashley, my family, and my sister-n-law and her children are staying here another night due to uncertainties with our electricity. The Busby’s home is still not powered up yet and one of our church families is bunking in the church for the evening hoping that tomorrow will bring electrical repairs to their neighborhood. 

So far the church has only received minor damage from the wind with a downed tree on the property and some vinyl siding being ripped from the relief center building, I’m sure about our roofs at this point.  We will check them out tomorrow.

All parishes are now opened and in some towns the grocery lines are insanely long. My brother stayed behind (due to his work requirements) and said that in Metairie the line for Rouse’s supermarket wrapped around the building and into the street!

We’re monitoring Mr. Ike and Josephine at present as Hanna slides along the east coast. At present we are gathering up information from our fellow churches and NDRI about area needs in cleanup and repairs. Stayed tuned for more details on how you can help out as well. Assuming we have no more storms we will be switching our communique to www.SGHM.org for rebuilding and debris removal assistance.

What a unique and incredible ministry the Lord has given us here in Slidell to be a hub for relief work in a storm threatened area.  We pray that God will use these threats and disasters and storms and conditions to bring lost men to their knees understanding their hopeless state before His power and majesty.  We thank each and every one of you who have commented here on our blog and who have called us via phone and written emails to us. Your friendship and prayers are a great encouragement to us.

Keep praying that we put the Word of Christ first as we minister to healing and broken hearts.

To Him alone be the glory for anything good that we may do.  Amen.