We decided to bless Carrie with $1000 to help her. I drove to a Walmart to get her a prepaid card but discovered an abandoned Walmart store with portable trailers set up in the parking lot. In fact most shopping areas in the 9th ward are eerie ghost towns with tall weeds growing through cracked asphalt. Here it is 3 years later and the 9th ward has years to go to get the the recovery we've seen in other parts of the city.Prepaid Visa cards put a steep fee on purchasing so I decided a cashier's check would be easier. But, guess what? I went to the bank of Louisiana with cash in hand and told them what we are doing. They told me that since I have no acount with them that they will not let me get a check. How frustrating! The Lord is allowing me to experience some of the frustrations locals are having trying to get things done. I will now try a third route and see if we can give Carrie some money. At this point it looks like a personal check might be the only route.
Our school team is treating the janitorial and office staff to lunch today. They are having Popeye's chicken and soda.
Gotta run ...
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Scott Linscott
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Praying for you guys constantly reminds me of how much I miss all of you. I pray that friendships are being built as well as houses, and more importantly that you all are keeping an eternal perspective on the events of each day. If I am correct, I believe that tomorrow, July 4th, you will be given the incredible opportunity to interact with some of the natives of NOLA, and I wanted to encourage you to be bold. I believe God wants you to share with them his rule about punctuation. God’s rule about punctuation is that we should not put a period in our lives where God has placed a comma. I can imagine that after Katrina it would be easy to place a period in my life and question why God had finished that sentence. But, it is important for them to know that even in this hard time in their life, God has only placed a comma. As the body, your role is to help them see the continuation of that sentence, by filling it with God’s hope and love. John Waller’s song, ‘The Blessing’ has been on my heart this week because it speaks about how we choose to either be a blessing to others or not. It says, “Let it be said of us, that our hearts belonged to Jesus. Let it be said of us, that we spoke the words of life.” Tomorrow, speak the words of life as you reach out to the dying. Care for these people enough to not only give them blessings during their short life on earth, but to look past the here and now into eternity, and love them like Jesus. I miss all of you, and cannot wait to hear how you allowed God to use you to your full potential.
-Rachel
All of the stories that I have read on the blog have reassured to me how important and meaningful the work is that you are doing. We miss you back here in Maine. It’s not the same without all of your love and charisma. However, I am very glad that you can share some of that love with the people of NOLA. Lately I have been feeling like I take friendship for granted. I have always assumed that my friends will always be there for me, but there are so many people that could use just ONE friend. Now that you all are so many miles away, I am starting to really take a step back and realize how special every single one of you is to me. I am looking forward earnestly to the day when you all return and bring a little more normality back into my life, but more importantly, I look forward to hearing how God has used the special love that is inside each one of you to reach out. I am so excited that this trip allows you all to spread some of your love to others. My prayer is that you would be able to do this easily and freely. As many of you know, I truly desire to be with you and help out, but I am more than confident that you will represent Jesus extremely well and spread his message of love and hope. Keep up the GREAT work! I love you guys!
-Robbie
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