One of the challenges of this ministry is that it seems to be always changing! It is hard for Anouk and me to keep up with it all let alone post a blog about it. But alas, I will endeavor to bring my faithful readership (all two of you) up to speed.

Children’s Ministry – When we first arrived in Louisiana, we recognized the need to minister to the evacuee children. This is a difficult time for them – they have lost their home, school, friends, etc. So, God opened the door for us to hold a weekly Kids’ Program at the KOA Campground. We spent the time playing games, singings songs, teaching Bible lessons, and, of course, the playing the review games at the end of each lesson. Oh yeah, we did pass out some candy too!

The families that were living at the campground were waiting for FEMA trailers where they could move to and stay for up to 18 months. As the trailers became available and the kids left, it was a bitter-sweet time. On the good side, they have a new home to live a more “stable” life. On the bad side, we could no longer have the children’s program (they had moved 45 min. away). So unfortunately, we no longer have a weekly children’s program. We do however seek to minister to kids in other ways – like the Christmas Eve Service for example.

Food Boxes – We started passing out the food boxes a couple of weeks into November. These boxes have been a great way of meeting people and opening the door to evangelism. I am trying to total up how many boxes we have handed out. I am not sure right now, but I do know it has been several hundred. In each box, there is a New Testament, a John/Romans, an invitation to a Bible Study, a “Do You Wonder Why?” pamphlet, a “Why” tract, and a business card. Thus far, Operation Renewed Hope has provided approximately $5,000 worth of food for us to distribute.

Bible Studies – We have tried to start several Bible Studies in different locations. One has worked, while rest have not. This week I will be trying to start a new Bible Study in a new location – pray that people will come.

We are very thankful for the one Bible Study that we have with two men. They are learning new things each week, and it has been a blessing to me to be able to teach them. God is gracious! Yesterday, we had another great Bible Study – the topic was the greatness of God’s love and His hatred for sin.

New Blessings – In closing, let me share with you a small part of the grace that God has given to us. I received a phone call from someone on the administrative staff of a Christian organization this last week. He told me that he has been following Global Grace’s ministry here in Louisiana. He told me that he liked what he read and asked if we needed more funds for the ministry. He wanted give funds to help the people affected by the hurricanes. I told him that we could always use more money to help people get the items they needed to make their lives a little easier and a little closer to “normal”. He has sent us a very large check for us to use in ministering to the evacuees.

We have already purchased and delivered a small refrigerator for a single mom with three children living in a hotel. We also were able to purchase and deliver a washer and dryer to the two men we are having the Bible Study with. Please pray for wisdom as we take these finances and distribute them to the ones who need it the most. Isn’t God gracious?

I have been waiting to post about all of this until I could also post some pictures. I still haven’t been able to upload the pictures, but will soon. I will add them to this post when I get them uploaded, so be sure to check back soon.

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Here are the promised pictures . . .