It’s a new day and believe it or not, 5:30 am in Louisiana looks just like 5:30 am in Illinois. The camp of workers are slowing waking up but I figured I would drop another line because tonight we have a jazz band from New Orleans coming in to entertain us. Today I will have a new group of teens helping me hang doors and shooting nail guns (and they actually are a big help). We are working two houses, side by side, owned by two widowed sisters. One lost her husband when the hurricane hit, the other post-hurricane. At 80+ years old, he could not handle the stress and passed away shortly after the hurricane hit. One of many stories of tragedy followed very soon after by visions of hope. Even though hanging doors requires some carpentry skills, there is still plenty of time for the mind to wander (not too far though because the teenager next to you has a nail gun). As my mind wanders, I ponder the capacity for hope that these people here in Slidell have for the day when life returns to normal. I also ponder how grateful I am for those things that God has blessed me with, including the fact that working with me is my wife and three of my four children. More thoughts to come later.
Pastor Jim
2 comments:
Just wanted to say hi and let you know we are all praying for you...and enjoy the warm weather...it's a chilly 51 here this morning :( Have a great day!!
Greetings!
My name is Craig Larsen and I'm from Epworth UMC in Elgin, IL. I had the pleasure of working with your group when we were at Aldersgate in the spring. It's great to see that your group has returned to help once again! As it happens we will be returning also. Our team of fifteen will arrive on November 4th.
Your blog is great! I really enjoy reading the stories - they are inspirational. I've let our team know that they should read your blog to give them an idea of what to expect.
My best to all of you. Let Kathy and Ray Leader know that I said "Hi." I had a chance to get to know both of them earlier this year.
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