[StBernard] Parish Standing--Our Future?

[Westley Annis]

	**Craig, how much effort has been placed in appealing to churches,
youth
	groups, organizations, etc. in getting "volunteers" to continue
efforts 

Check www.ldr.org   (ldr stands here for Lutheran Disaster Response)
and 
http://www.lsss.org/mediareleases/media06_hurricanekurtupdate0331.htm
 
I know there are more groups such as Samaritan Purse etc that continue to
come. Lutheran Disaster Response is committed for EIGHT years to keep the
volunteers coming. There is much communication and propaganda, to entice
more volunteers to come and possibly other avenues of helping. 
 
If you have any friends or family up north where the Lutherans are MUCH more
numerous than here, ask them to check with their local congregations if they
considered arranging for a group. 
There are packages, videos, books and articles, presentations at youth
gatherings and synod assemblies, newsletters and whatnot ways to pass on
that we still need help down here. 
In fact, they changed my mind about those bus tours. Most groups work a
number of days, get a day for 'fun and relaxation', and a tour of the area,
taking lots of pics, talking to people and bringing the stories back to get
more to come> All say  it is a 'must see for yourself' disaster. 
 
 
 
Gaby