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October 07, 2005
the South land
Where to start? You've undoubtedly seen footage of the disaster that is the Gulf Coast. As most of the residents have evacuated or resettled to other parts of the country, their former homes have been left in ruins. Streets, homes, towns, counties as a whole have been transformed into something "you only see in the news".
Our church, Mars Hill, has partnered with International Aid (out of Spring Lake, MI), to aid in the clean up effort. Throughout the day today, the first team leaves. Some in the morning or midday, to stay overnight somewhere along the way, and my carload at 6pm. That's right. I'm going.
Dan's working. I'm not. And though I've been searching, I haven't found. And then this opportunity was announced a couple of weeks ago, that waves of volunteers from our body will be sent to clean up what the waves of the storm have destroyed. So here I go, on to the next adventure.
I would appreciate your prayers as we go. Though not fearful, I am nervous, excited, and a bit scared. I will update our blog as possible (not much probably), and there will be a full report when I return. In the mean time, you can link to the Mars Hill site for a blog from the volunteers.
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