There is an article written by a college student, Adam Foldenauer, who worked with Nazarene Disaster Response Team in Chalmette and Gentilly (burbs of New Orleans). Adam writes a very reflective article on the impact to volunteers, homeowners, and the fact that it still looks like the hurricane happened yesterday. Most of us know it was much worse as incredible as that sounds. This article gives a great perspective on faith and tragedy as well as the work left to do. He writes:
I also saw Christ in many residents. A disaster like Katrina surely caused many to question God, but I noticed a divine determination in those who turned to God after the storm. Gloria, a friend fo our homeowner, stopped by the home where we were working to see the progress. She's eager for her friend to be able to return home. She told me, "God is going to bring something out of all this. I'm not sure what it is yet, but I think He wants to make our faith stronger."The other article is pertinent to those 115 of us who drove down July 7 to work in Bayou La Batre. Remember the traffic in Nashville and all the people walking towards downtown? We thought it must be a concert or something. It obviously wasn't football in July.
As it turns out, it was "The Call" Nashville. This was the 2nd of what has become a series of prayer and fasting events. The first was in DC, September of 2000. In Nashville, 60,000 filled the Titans football stadium to pray, some having fasted for days! The next call is 08/08/08 in DC, but other events like Nashville will be held in stadiums across the country starting in October and leading up to the DC event. www.thecall.com
is the main web site. The closest stadium event for us in Ohio is in Cincinnati, January 12, at US Bank Arena (Riverfront Coliseum for us old timers). This is a link to the details of that event. Registration through that link is free, but required.
