Almost a Day Later...

After almost 24 hours of driving we pulled into Port Arthur, Texas. This is the area that the state asked Convoy of Hope to set up their point of distribution also known as a POD. We left Saturday evening around 5:30pm and drove until 3:00pm Sunday. We stopped for 3.5 or so hours somewhere in Dallas at a gas station with truck and van parking. We all slept in the van or the RV. It was quite the adventure. We even drove through the rain and wind. In fact most of the roads and interstates were closed, so it took some creative thinking/driving and a good map to get us into Port Arthur.


We did arrive and as soon as we did we got to work. There is a curfew here so around 4:00pm we had to stop the distribution. For the hour we had we jumped in and then of course helped with clean up. For dinner we had MREs, not quite mom's cooking, but will fill the stomach. We even got in a quick shower, an outdoor leg shave and are able to sleep in the RVs. We even have Internet access! It's not the Hilton, but definitely a blessing from God. Tomorrow will be a long day. So pray for the teams strength and please pray for the people here who have been hit by this storm and that God's love and truth will be revealed to them.


Another need is that these last few hurricanes have really drawn out resources from Convoy of Hope. This is good because we are suppose to respond to disasters, but we need the resources to be replenished. So, pray for resources for the current damage in the US, Haiti, Cuba and the other islands in the Caribbean as well as the replenishing of resources. For more information on this you can go to the Convoy of Hope website: http://www.blogger.com/www.convoyofhope.org


Here is a link to an article on Hurricane IKE : http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/15/us/15ike.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&adxnnlx=1221444047-8cJnqcBj3f%20G5NGBds4Rqw


Tilting Power Lines - There was a whole line of them, but I couldn't get the picture from the van


Flooding - we drove through some of it and we also saw several flooded streets

This picture is a little fuzzy, but the words on the wood on windows are "Go Away Ike".

These are just a few pictures of some of the hurricane caused damage I saw, but I am sure if you turned on the news you could find similar or more informative images.

I just wanted to touch in to let everyone know what is going on. I will try to do this a couple times, while I'm down here in Texas.

"May what our Master Jesus Christ gives freely be deeply and personally yours, my friends. Oh, yes!" Galatians 6:18