Progress in New Orleans

Don't have pics back from our team yet, but found this one on the Times Picayune home page this morning as part of the lead story.


Great illustration of the slow progress. The stories Stephanie Menecke has been filing on OhioNewsNow.com are as well.

After nearly a year of effort and thousands of families touched, this is just a reminder of how much work we still have to do.

John McGuire
Servants Unite!

Ohio Brings Hope on the Web

ONN has a lot of blog and video on their web site.

Team 17 on the ground

Editor's Note: Our 17th team is made up of 8 people and being covered by ONN (Ohio News Network) as part of their anniversary of Katrina coverage. Melissa Ruble of Gracepoint Community Church in Lewis Center is the lead for the week.

Yes we are here, but for those of you taping. The coverage will be on at 5pm and 9pm. Please change that on your settings. Also the coverage of today will air at noon on Monday. PLEASE could you make sure that you tape it so that we can see if any clips will be decent to view as a short announcement on Sunday the 13th.

Yes we are here and today was our day off to go around and view the area. We saw soooo much devistation. There was even a pick-up truck under a house in the lower 9th. We will keep you updated as we begin to gut out houses tomorrow.

Thanks so much for your prayers and support on this trip. We were even able to pray with some ladies that were coming back as seeing a friend's house that was destroyed. God is moving in so many ways.

Thanks,
Melissa Ruble

TV Coverage and Next Trip

Be watching the blog, ONN, and your local CBS affiliate in Ohio for coverage of our team working in New Orleans this week. Eight team members pulled out at 8:30 Saturday and got in Chalmette VERY late after a long delay for a traffic accident (that they were not involved in). Thanks to Staphanie Mennecke, Amy Backus, Jamie Walters, and Micah Riffle of Ohio News Network for their support and coverage of our efforts in disaster relief in New Orleans this week.

Can you believe it's been nearly a year since Katrina struck? To honor all the volunteers who have worked with Hilltop, the organization is hosting a "reunion" of sorts at the school in Chalmette for Labor Day weekend. Volunteers will be treated to a day long cookout/party to celebrate the work we have all done together to help thousands of storm victims.

Servants Unite will be sending a team leaving Saturday September 2 to work for the week of Labor Day and join in the party. If you have been before, or even if you have not and would like the opportunity to turn your life over to the work of the Kingdom for a week, please respond to this email or call me at the numbers below.

Thanks for your continued efforts!

Servants Unite!