I'm making preparations to leave on Sunday with a group of 20 Disciples from the Arizona Region. We are going to New Orleans to rebuild some of the homes that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Our headquarters will be Westside Christian Church in New Orleans. Our Mission Station Director will be Br. Vance Moore.
I can't imagine what it is like for the people along the Gulf Coast whose homes were destroyed so long ago to still be displaced, without the means to rebuild, living in temporary housing. It must feel something like wandering in the wilderness.
Katrina is like so many other tragedies: we talk about them, read and hear news about them, and think about them almost obsessively for a while, and then our attention moves on to some other "late breaking news" or another more personal crisis. We forget that those most affected by the tragedy continue living with the trauma long after our interest, if not our compassion, have waned. There are still homeless people in New Orleans, and the devastation to their lives has pulled at my heart so long, I just had to go.
I'll be in touch. See you in church on the 27th!
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