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Photo of the Day: New Orleans 9th Ward Devastation

New Orleans 9th ward Originally uploaded by !!WaynePhotoGuy. This is just a hint of the devastation that we saw in the 9th ward section of New Orleans. On this Fat Tuesday it may be worthwhile remembering all those that lost … Continue reading

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New Orleans Trip Slide Show

If you recall a team from South Suburban Evangelical Free Church in Minnesota recently went on a trip to New Orleans to perform some Hurricane Katrina relief work and to care for some of the people effected by the storm … Continue reading

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Hurricane Katrina Relief: New Orleans Trip Report

By Paul Rivenburg February 4th – February 12th 2006 We left the parking lot of South Suburban on a very chilly Saturday morning. We drove in three different vans. At our lunch stop in Mount Pleasant, Iowa Ken discovered that … Continue reading

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New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Relief Trip Journal

Random thoughts from the New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Relief Trip Saturday 2/4/06 Everyone showed up at the church on time so that we were able to leave by 6:00 am sharp.  We left with light snow showers and a temperature … Continue reading

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New Orleans here we come.

Just two more days until we leave on our Hurrican Katrina Relief adventure to New Orleans.  The team currently consists of 9 women and 9 men.  I must say I am a bit surprised how balanced the team is.  We … Continue reading

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New Orleans Trip Countdown

Twelve days and counting for the Hurricane Katrina relief trip to New Orleans (see more stories here).  Everything seems to be going according to plans. I always have that little feeling in my stomach that everything may fall apart at … Continue reading

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New Orleans Trip Count Down

The count down to our departure date for the New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Relief trip has started.  We have just 18 days and counting.  Mission control will commence control at T minus 4 days.   I just had to throw this … Continue reading

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New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina Relief Trip

We, the relief team from SSEFC had our first training meeting last night for our trip down to hurricane Katrina ravaged New Orleans.  You can find previous post on the trip here and here. We have or maybe 21 people … Continue reading

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Hurricane Katrina Relief Trip

The plan making process continues to progress for my trip to “war torn” New Orleans.  If you recall from a previous post,  I will be leading a group from my church as we go down to New Orleans to help … Continue reading

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Black ‘leaders’ caught in Katrina lie

Can you believe it, there really was no racism in the way that the government responded to the Hurricane Katrina catastrophy?  In a recent commentary, Black ‘leaders’ caught in Katrina lie Kevin McCollough points how slanted the coverage was about … Continue reading

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