The Need Remains

The scene in New Orleans is much of the same, people working to get back in. I spent much of the afternoon in Gentilly yesterday taking job photos and current New Orleans pictures to post on the Katrina Project website. I stood in the middle of a major thoroughfare at 4 o’clock in the afternoon and snapped photos. I did not see a car for several minutes. Remember, this is a major city in America. As I walked through the streets I could not help but be fully aware of my surroundings. There was deafening quiet, and the dim sound of hammering in the distance. This sound has become very familiar to me on these photo scouting missions. Usually this time is spent in prayer for those who are trying to restore some normalcy to their lives.

It is hard not to be overwhelmed by the enormity of it all…even 2 years later. Everything in me wanted to run in to those houses and grab a hammer and join in the rebuilding. The fact is, and it’s hard to grasp sometimes…is that we cannot help everyone. We certainly cannot do much on our own, this is clear. But then I think back to the beginning. How dim the view from Trinity and Castle Rock’s perspective must have been. They couldn’t do it alone. Not with 100, 500, or even 1,000. We’ve done it together. We’ve done it with 10,600 so far. Why? Because God continues to lay the need on the hearts of people across the world. I am in awe of His love for the people of New Orleans. May we glorify Him with our hands. Our efforts may seem small at times, but together…they are substantial.

In the Powerful Name of Jesus Christ the King,
Mandy Prince
EFCA Crisis Response