Abbeville, Lake Arthur, Cameron, Welsh, Lake Charles . . . forgotten disasters in Louisiana within a forgotten disaster, Hurricane Rita, Katrina's violent sister. Forgotten or never known . . . except to Methodists, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Baptists, Mennonites, Roman Catholics, many other people of faith, and people who have loved and served in Louisiana these 5 long years since Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.
LA Conference Recovery Director, Daryl Tate, called last week offering encouragement from Bishop Hutchinson and from the Conference that our disaster, and the many communties that never made the news . . . will NOT be forgotten. As we have long traveled south to help them and others on the Gulf rebuild, they pledge that when we rebuild their 500 churches will come to serve their brothers and sisters who have lost so much.
Ashland City, Chapmansboro, Pegram, Kingston Springs, Statesville, Carthage, Centerville, Bon Aqua, Bellevue, Franklin, Lobelville, Linden, Waverly, Clarksville, Bordeaux, Antioch, Nashville and dozens of our communities travel a road of which many will never have even heard . . . but we will NOT forget and neither will many who will travel that hard road with us. Above all, God has not and will not forget, and will be there with us as we seek to mend hearts, lives, homes, and communities.
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