As you likely know,
Louisiana has been hit by what the National Weather Service has termed the ‘1,000 year flood’. A slow-moving storm
hovered for several days over much of LA dumping as much as three feet of water
in some locations. One source stated that a record four trillion gallons of
rain fell over Baton Rouge alone! Throughout the state over 30,000 people were
rescued from their homes, at least 11 lives have been lost and over 100,000
homes have been destroyed. MNA Disaster Response is helping to coordinate a
response through six PCA churches in the region. Many MNA Disaster Response
resources (staff and equipment) have been deployed to the region.
For that reason, we
have decided to postpone the disaster response training session scheduled for
September 24, in Meridianville, AL. While we believe that training in advance
of a disaster is vital, we believe that all available resources should be
devoted to the response in LA.
We do plan to
reschedule this training session once the needs in LA are met. Please consider
being part of the work in Louisiana by:
•
Going to
help with relief efforts (For more information on how to do that, click here.
•
Serving
closer to home - We are in need of flood buckets and hygiene kits and will have
opportunities for church groups to visit the Disaster
Response Warehouse in Rome,
GA to prepare relief kits for shipment. Please contact Mike
Kennamer for details of how
you may be part of this work.
Above all, pray for
those who have lost so much and that the Gospel will bring hope to those who so
desperately need it. Pray for opportunities for this work of mercy to open
hearts to the Word.
A number of you have asked what they can do to help those in East Tennessee impacted by fires. MNA Disaster Response is communicating with churches in the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge/Sevierville area to learn how we can best come alongside them to provide God's grace to those impacted by wildfires.
