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New Orleans Trip Slide Show

Posted on February 24, 2006 by waynem

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

Posted on February 22, 2006 by waynem

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

Posted on February 14, 2006 by waynem

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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N. O. Update…

Posted on February 10, 2006 by waynem

We have just finished the work part of our journey to New Orleans.  We have already sent two of our teammates to the airport to fly back home.  It is amazing how fast this week went. Over the next few … Continue reading →

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New Orleans: Five Days and Counting

Posted on January 30, 2006 by waynem

Five days and counting until our group leaves on our New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Relief trip.   We had one person drop out at the end of last week for personal family reasons so we are at a team of nine … Continue reading →

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New Orleans Trip Count Down.

Posted on January 19, 2006 by waynem

Seventeen Days and counting until we leave for our Hurrican Katrina Relief trip to New Orleans. Progress continues to be made on the plans for our trip.  I have some important news to communicate with all of you. 1.  Due … Continue reading →

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New Orleans Trip Count Down

Posted on January 18, 2006 by waynem

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

Posted on January 13, 2006 by waynem

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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Katrina Relief: Urban Impact

Posted on December 16, 2005 by waynem

Plans are being made at my church for a team to go down to New Orleans Louisiana to help in the Katrina recovery effort.   Our main plan is to help some of the people that have seen their lives totally … Continue reading →

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Katrina: Whose Victory, Exactly?

Posted on September 14, 2005 by waynem

I think Anne Applebaum at the Washington Post has it right, the reaction to Katrina has been a miracle and if we can get past the political posturing I think we would be able to see more.  Here is an … Continue reading →

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