hey guys.......lily here! - WE SURVIVED WILMA......WE GOT BEAT UP A LITTLE WITH WIND AND RAIN BUT NOTHING LIKE FURTHER SOUTH AND THE KEYS.................WE HAVEN'T BEGUN TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE AND THE FINAL COUNT DOWN IN THAT AREA AS WE HAVE A DAUGHTER LIVING IN WEST PALM - BUT MY HUSBAND RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING FROM HAL PETER'S DOWN IN KATRINA COUNTRY, GULF COAST. I WILL WRITE WHEN I HAVE FURTHER INFORMATION ON FLORIDA!!
GOD BLESS.........lily
Subject: Since Katrina
What I have seen since Katrina:
The poor and the wealthy hurt by the storm.
Black, white, Hispanic, Oriental and Indian all hurt
by the storm.
Christian people giving, giving, giving.
Churches going all out to minister in Jesus' name.
Neighbors going door to door helping one another.
Thugs and hoodlums going door to door looking for
someone vulnerable.
Ice and water being fought over as police tried to
keep the peace.
People coming up from New Orleans taking over empty
houses because shelters are full.
Out of town volunteers coming with food and staying
for now a week still serving it.
The Churches all over this part of the country doing
what Christians do in a crisis.
The Red Cross doing a job in the shelters.
The Salvation Army doing a great job in the community.
Four Hundred crewman from everywhere bring back the
power to our homes, churches and businesses.
Lines at service stations a block to a mile long.
National Guardsman patrolling the streets of McComb
along with Kentucky policemen protecting us from the
hoodlums and thugs of Mc Comb, Pike County and New
Orleans (the most dangerous city in the world before
Katrina).
Drug dealers working outside shelters.
Doctors, nurses and other hospital personnel working
tirelessly, even sleeping in the hospital to do the
job God called them to do.
________WHAT I HAVE NOT SEEN: ___________
The ACLU setting up a feeding line.
People for the American Way helping in the shelters.
The NAACP doing any work whatsoever.
The American Atheist organization serving meals in the
shelters.
Jesse Jackson directing traffic at the gas stations.
I could go on but you get my message. It is the
Christian people who do the work, with love and
compassion.
The gripers in Congress should come on down and get in
line to pass the water and the ice. Are you listening
Hillary, Chuck, Teddy and all the sorry loafers we
call Senators and Congressmen. They don't have a clue
as to what this life is all about here on the Gulf Coast.
