New Orleans experience

Well I'm in New Orleans for the week working at the Tammany Oaks church of Christ in Mandeville, LA. A cool thing happended on Sunday. Cory (a youth minister at 3 Copt C of C) and I were walking in the French Quarter and we were walking by Cafe du Monde when all of sudden a limo pulls up right beside me. The door opens at out walks Nicolas Cage. He was filming a movie in town and he was going to have a coffee at the Cafe. It was pretty cool. He's kind of tall and looked really out of it. It was pretty neat experience. So now him and I are friends....ok not really.

Another amazing experience happened today:
I was working with Dan, who works out of the diaster relief warehouse, and we were delivering bread to people and organizations throughout the New Orleans area. We began to drive through the same area where I worked in Dec/Jan and not much improvement. Some businesses open but nothing really different. Then we went farther into the town. We pulled into what looked like an abandoned Trailer park. Out walks a woman from a trailer that had trees and debrie all over (on top and bottom) of the trailer. The lady can not get any money from FEMA and so she must live there alone in the trailer park. She has no car and no job so she is stuck. So Dan delievers some food to her every few days and checks on here. He told he knows personally about 200 people who are in a similar situation.....

I know there are alot of stories coming out of New Orleans right now and most and many aren't good. and I know that the mayor and others are trying to act like the city is back and the Saints about to play in N.O. isn't going to help the situation but this is a hurting city. This is still a damaged hurt area. So I ask you to do something for me. Come down and help. Be apart of this work. Your help is needed. Keep praying for them and try to come. If you can't, then do this for me: Please make a difference where you live. Clothe the naked. Feed the hungry. Comfort the hurting. We all see situations maybe in our own neighborhood. Be the difference in the world. Be a person that when people think of good things in the world they think of you and your actions. Blessings on you as you continue to partner with God in this beautiful dream for the world....

For information about coming down to new Orleans and helping go to http://www.whereisawjesus.blogspot.com/