6 Months After Katrina And............

There is so much that still needs to be done but Mississippi's Gulf Coast WILL rise from the rubble!






And the Mississippi Gulf Coast still looks like a bomb went off! We drove through the devastation on our way home from spring break in Florida! And we were in aw! Words are not enough! It was dark when we arrived but the darkness could not shield us from the undeniable truth the coast of my childhood was gone! The Holiday Inn we where we used to stay was gone; the putt putt golf my cousins and I went to and I eventually took my kids too a couple years ago .... gone; Beauvoir was almost gone; all of the grand old homes were either gone or gutted! There is nothing and I mean NOTHING left on the beach side of hwy 90 from Ocean springs west to LA! I never thought I would ever see what I saw but I have seen it twice in one lifetime .... Camille and now Katrina! My uncles and aunts lived through Camille; my cousin in fact was born during Camille .... Their houses were spared as well as their lives twice ...God is good... all the time! It is so hard for us to see what we just saw and know/comprehend that God was and is there and something magnificient will come of this disaster. He promises it will! All things work together for good for those who love God and believe! And whatever comes from Katrina it will be for His honor and His glory! There is so much that still needs to be done .... if you are civic minded contact the churches in the area and see what they need or if they can point you in the direction of someone who knows what is needed.... be it money, supplies, or manual labor... The coast is going to rebuild and we MS folks are rolling up our sleeves and getting down to recovery themselves.... but we still desperately need your help!

United Methodist Church Committee On Relief is a good place to start looking for ways to help just make sure you specify MS Gulf Coast Relief!

American Humane Society
American Red Cross
Habitat For Humanity
are three other great charities that have spent millions on the region....

Did you know that hurricane season is only 3 months away... we still have people living in FEMA trailers on the beachfront.... We need homes real homes like yesterday!

Pray for our region! Pray hard! Don't forget theMississippi Gulf Coast.....














Beauvior (the last home of Jefferson Davis; On The Historical Register; And a historical treasure) Before Katrina and after Katrina ... sad but it still looks alot like the after photo still today but it was dark and I hope that this part of MS and US history will be fully restored! If you would like in the restoration go to the website at: http://www.beauvoir.org/