We arrived in Franklinton, LA at the First Baptist Church about 3:00 p.m., our home until the 13th of April. What a great community we have come to. There is so much love and how organized they are. What a blessing the people we have met are to the people of Franklinton and Bogalusa!
We have all of our physical needs taken care of. We have our beds set up, know where the showers and laundry are and have the meal schedule for each day. Now we can put our energy in to helping the families.
Five of our teams members have gone to check out the first few job sites which we will begin in the morning. Please pray that the rain and storms they are predicting do not materialize so we may achieve what needs to be done.
Also, our team grew to seven yesterday morning when we arrived at the World Renew office. Les joined us. We are thankful for another set of hands. How wonderful!
The center has had a total of 335 applications as of today. A 158 applications in Fraklinton and 177 in Bogalusa. Today, March 29th is day 16 for the center. The teams that have come before us have completed 220 homes already with 115 homes remaining at this time. The center is still taking
applications and are open each day from 9 to 4.
First Baptist Church
Thank you so much for your prayers as we traveled these last two days. We had great weather and dry roads. We are thankful too for the time to get to know each other and our families.
I was reading from Isaiah 40: 27-31 "O Israiel, how can you say the Lord does not see your troubles? How can you say God refuses to hear your case? Have you never heard or understood? Don't you know that the Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth? He never grows faint or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding. He gives power to those who are tired and worn out; he offers strength to the weak. Even youths will become exhausted, and young men will give up. But those who hope on the Lord will find new strength. They will fly high on wings like eagles. They will round and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint."
As I write these words to you I hear thunder and rain. Please pray for the families with homes that are open to the elements that they do not feel that they have been forgotten, that their troubles will not be met.
Please pray that they will feel hope as we come to meet their needs . May we be a blessing to them. May they see that it is our love for the Lord and for them that has brought us here.
Thank you,
Catherine
