Late Saturday Night on the Coast

It's been a pretty quiet weekend in Pascagoula, with lots of thunderstorms along the way. I'd like to tell you about one really cool thing that happened this week. The group from Taylors, South Carolina had a special task, one that was different from most of the relief work we are doing. The Eastside Church of Christ in Grand Bay, Alabama (20 miles away) was suffering following Katrina. Their building was in somewhat bad condition before the storm, and after the storm things just got worse. They have about 15 members, and not much hope of getting their building back in shape. Larry Wages, an elder at the Vancleave Church of Christ, called David Kilbern to talk about helping the Eastside family recover. Vancleave agreed to purchase the materials if we could send some help over. The group from Taylors took on the project and wanted to complete the work within the week. They got to work early on this week, tearing out the damaged areas. By the end of the week they had replaced all of the sheetrock, mudded, and painted the building. They took out the pews and chairs and cleaned them off and brought them back in. The ladies of the church cooked food and even sang a song to the workers. Tomorrow (Sunday) they will worship in a building that looks 100% better than it did last week. We need to get some carpet into the building to complete the task. Pictures of the work are located HERE. They will also need some outside work done, if someone would like to adopt that work. Isn't it wonderful when God's people band together to help each other out? The Taylors crew will worship with Eastside tomorrow before heading back to South Carolina. I would guess it will be a joyous assembly! On a somber note, I would like to request your prayers for the McCaughan family of Gulfport. Carl McCaughan suffered a fatal heart attack today while helping his neighbor recover from Katrina damage. Carl was an elder and long time member of the Orange Grove Church of Christ in Gulfport. He leaves behind three children and a wife. His youngest son is Andrew, who is 17 and still living at home. Pray also for Les Ferguson, minister of the congregation, those who will be leading worship tomorrow, and those ministering to the family in the following days. I am going to be more consistent with updating CHRISTIAN CRISIS RESOURCES BLOG, so if you would, check in there and participate when you can! As a flood victim, my heart goes out all the more to those who are suffering life changing disasters. Thanks for reading!