Tuesday, February 07, 2006

Katrina and Tony

ATTN: Sorry to those of you who tried to read my blog and instead encountered a camo-clad, Turkism man. This is the second time my blog has been hacked. I think it's a problem with blogger. Anyway, I'm up and running again.


I just got back from a week-long mission trip I led to Biloxi. During our time there we repaired homes damaged by Hurricanes Rita and Katrina. I had a great time working with our team and I was reminded of why I entered full-time Christian ministry in the first place. One of the highlights of the trip for me was getting to work with Tony (pictured below). Tony is a 62-year old man whose house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. When we met him, he was utterly without hope. By the end of the week our team was able to clear away debris from his house, tear out all of his ceiling and insulation, rewire his entire house, build two exterior walls and cover them with Tyvek, put in doors and sheetrock two rooms. You can check-out some pictures here. There is a lot of backstory to this endeavor that I don't have the energy to type out, but suffice it to say that Tony experienced a touch of grace this week from our team. The irony of the whole thing is that we were blessed through the process as well. The trip was successful and our team returned safely. Thank you to those of you who prayed for us!
(Tony holding his building permit with some members of our Katrina Team)

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