New Orleans

Many of you know that we have had a mission work in New Orleans since Katrina. Actually since March 2006. Woods Chapel owns a 16' recreational trailer there and a dodge van. Volunteers go for 30 days to help with relief efforts.

Our volunteers have been on site pretty steady for over three years. We have missed some months, and not everyone stays for 30 days, but you guys have had a very important presence there, reaching out in the name of the Lord.

Typically, volunteers would help the Methodist Relief Workers by organizing teams, delivering tools and supplies to the various job sites for the teams that came from all over the country.

I was in New Orleans for two days last week. They are consolidating the relief stations into one headquarters. The city has made a lot of progress since Katrina. When I first flew into New Orleans in January of 06, the airport was a ghost town. Literally. It was spooky. Now the airport is busy and the city looks much better.

I drove up to 2221 Fillmore St. where the new relief site will be. That area still has many many homes that need repair. That part of town still looks much the same as it did after Katrina. The relief site is housed in a church. They hope that when the relief work is over that they can turn the church back into a church and reopen it.

One of the really nice things at the new place is that they have set up a bedroom for our long term volunteers. The Woods Chapel sky view suite. It is a small, simple, but private room where you can stay if you go down to serve.

It has been 4 years since Katrina, but there is still more work to do. If you would like to go down and volunteer for 30 days or a week, let me know.

It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.