Disaster Rebuilders

Exciting week volunteering in Plaquemines Parish

This has been an exciting week here in Plaquemines Parish! We had teams from another Fuller Center—Jersey Pines—and St John Lutheran Church, Charles City, Iowa. Both are special—St John is associated with Joining Hands, the Iowa arm of Peg Sennett's group, and has been to the Gulf Coast many times. You'll recognize other names from the group—Marc Quade and Pastor Dave Werges. Jersey Pines is special, first and foremost, because they're just plain fun to be around but also because they're the first Fuller Center partner to send a team to work with us.

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A Great Start

We're having a great week here in Plaquemines loaded with boomerangers.
One of Heather's favorite memories of the week is seeing Pastor Melissa,
California Lutheran University, come into the Fellowship Hall on Sunday
night and recognizing at least five of the St John's team from previous
visits. With all the hugging, the orientation was delayed almost 10
minutes.

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2011 in Plaquemines Parish

In June 2009, we "declared victory" over Hurricane Katrina and moved our mission to Hurricane Ike country in East Texas. As you know by now, I've admitted to a premature declaration of victory (I'm in good company anyway). We might have been correct in assessing a greater need in East Texas than the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but we've found many families in Plaquemines Parish who have not recovered from Katrina and are still in a temporary housing solution. 2011 is the year where we're going to seriously address this oversight!

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