Miss'ippi, here I come...

In less than two weeks, I depart for Waveland, Mississippi to assist in hurricane relief. I just didn't want to keep throwing money at charities, though I know they'd appreciate it. I wanted to see what my money could and should do. So, I'm going with my church that has been sending teams virtually every week since it's all happened.

The people in the area we will be attending to never expected the type of devastation that's happened to their neighborhoods. If you click on the link, you'll see a letter I'm sending to possible sponsors describing what we will be doing.

We need to raise $700 a person, and there are at least 7 of us, so that puts our total at an obvious $4900.00. If any of you want to help and actually know what you're money is going toward, let me know. I'm going to set up a paypal button as soon as possible. I'm very excited about this trip.

"With so much recent devastation in the world, many prominent Christian leaders have rightly concluded that this might be the church's finest hour. It has been the church, believers from all over the country, that has so faithfully and selflessly responded to the recent Hurricane Katrina disaster. As I watched the relief efforts, I desperately wanted to be a part of them. I gave money to good charities, but never felt it was good enough. Now, I have the opportunity to go myself and help those who have been ravished by Mother Nature, but have a greater Father God who cares for them.

I leave for Waveland in two weeks, on November 30. My team's purpose in going is two-fold. We will be participating in food and supply distribution. The system that is at work in Waveland is really quite amazing, and we would go to help in their very effective distribution test.

Our other purpose in going is to help in the task of preparing homes for rebuilding. Most of the homes that were wiped out by the hurricane were left in awful disarray. The homeowners need to strip their homes down to the studs and foundation to begin the process of rebuilding, but there is so much debris, mold and just plain muck on their homes from the floods that it is going to take an enormous amount of work to clean what's left of their homes. That's where we come in. We will be getting down and dirty cleaning filth from walls and clearing out lost possessions.

For a team of 7, we will need to raise $4900. We don't have long to do so. Would you prayerfully consider supporting us as we go to help the good people of Mississippi.

The task that lies ahead of our fellow Americans is great. I am not content to simply give more money, I want to see how it's at work. This is the best possible way of doing so. For those who partner with us, I will be sure to send pictures and write detailed accounts of the great things that happened on our trip.