Safely in New Orleans

After leaving Chicago we headed to New Orleans getting here Thursday. We are staying with Mike and Susanne who are friends from Multnomah Biblical Seminary days. We haven't seen each other for 10 years, so these weeks are a special blessing. Meeting their 2 boys Logan and Jordan has JJ and Kara very busy. Mike and Susanne are also fulltime missionaries with CRM. We are still getting our hearts around the distruction here. Having lived here a year, we have a connection emotionally to this city. The house that Mike and Susanne bought just last year, was under 4 ft of water for 6 weeks after the hurricane hit. Many houses are still boarded up and people living in trailers until they can move into their homes again. Many have not returned to NO after the hurricane. It is heart breaking. But the Lord is at work in lives and the body of Christ has huge opportunities to serve to human need.

We are involved at our church, Berean Bible Church who are hosting their first missions conference since Katrina hit. Pray people would be encouraged as all their missionaries pass through the conference this week.