When we forget the battle [audio blog]
Thoughts on the battle we’re in, and what happens when we forget about it…
Update – Katrina and Dallas
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Here’s some more about the aftermath of Katrina.
I heard from one of our CAM missionaries in Dallas today. Dallas is where our mission headquarters is. There are now over 25,000 people in Dallas, staying in shelters. That number is expected to grow to 4 times that number over the weekend. There are 10 times that number in Texas already.
Of course churches are pitching in to help the people who need clothes and other basics. CAM missionaries are now focusing on how to help the Latins in the areas that were hit. Be sure to read my last post to find out how you can help, or visit this page at the CAM website.
The CAM family and the hurricane….
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Our thoughts and prayers have been with those in the USA who are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. It’s always hard to know what to write about these things, and hard to write about anything else. However, I got a message from CAM International today, and wanted to pass it on.
The good news is that those from CAM and related organization FAM in that area were able to move to safe locations in time, and everyone is safe. However, as you can imagine, there are people’s homes and churches that have been devestated.
Now, CAM has set up a page where you can make donations to help flood victims. I’ll give you a link to the page, which has an official statement, at the bottom of this entry.
During the next few days, a team sent by CAM will be gathering information so that we can understand how to best help those who have been hit hard by this disaster. I’ll get back to you when we hear back from Pat and the team.
We realize that you have requests coming from all directions right now, asking you to give. There are many great ways you can help, but I do encourage you to take a few moments to visit the page below, and give a little right now. I’ll do my best to let you know what your gift and prayers accomplish. Then we can see more than just the hurricane sky and people on the news – we can see people we ourselves were able to lend a hand to.
Hannah draws
Hi! I want to show these pictures to you. I drew these pictures (and glued some of them) myself.
This is a snail:
This is a star:
These are doors:
And this is a whole bunch of different things. I won’t tell you what they all are, but you can probably see the last three on the top row – slippers, a lollipop and a bib. You can guess the rest if you want.
What’s with all the doctor’s visits??
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If you’ve been looking at all at our Yahoo! calendar, you’ve seen a dizzying number of doctor’s appointments. So what’s up with that, you may ask?
For example, yesterday I was in 3 doctor’s offices, and one medical lab. I left the medical lab and went right home. Why? Because Shari needed the van in order to go to her doctor’s appointment.
Next week, we already have 6 appointments, one of which I will have to reschedule. Crazy. So what’s up?
Well, first of all you need to understand my penchant for generalization. These aren’t just family doctors. We’re talking dentists, chiropractors, optometrists, and so on. Sometimes I just call them all doctors.
The other treatment is covered (well, except for $1 per visit. Go figure), but the jury is still out on how effective it will be.
So that gives you an idea why we’re burning up the roads going all over town to various medical facilities. It’s a temporary state of affairs (I hope!) – not particularly fun, but needed. Ok, I have to admit, Hannah is rather looking forward to going to the dentist next week… 😀
