From the outside an Eight Days of Hope event looks like the combination of an ant bed being recently disturbed, a family reunion and an old-fashioned tent-meeting. People who attend the event are generally committed to helping those affected by circumstances beyond their control. We seek to help people who, by all accounts, have given [...]
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What is an EDOH Event???
Posted in Event, Missions on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
EDOH V–Reflections and Images
Posted in Event, Missions on January 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As usual the first two days of Eight Days of Hope lasted about a week each and the remaining six days went by in a blink. The community of Bay St. Louis and Waveland, Mississippi, again welcomed us into their hearts and homes. The volunteers who arrived by plane or car or truck or bus [...]
A View From the Coast
Posted in Missions on December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It has been almost one year since we’ve been to Waveland and Bay St. Louis. As we drove in we saw familiar sites–vacant lots where houses used to be and limbs piled waited to be removed; and we saw some new sites–the bridge between Bay St. Louis and Pass Christian open, a new KMart, and [...]
You Can Make A Difference!
Posted in Missions on October 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Many people wonder what is left to do along the Mississippi Gulf Coast more than 2 years after Hurricane Katrina. The answer is: more than you can image. Much, but not all, of the clean up work has been done. Much, but not all, of the demolition has taken place. A great deal of repairs [...]
EDOH V–Get Ready!
Posted in Event, Missions on September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
December 29 through January 5 Eight Days of Hope will once again descend on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the Bay St. Louis area. This area is just east of the point where Hurricane Katrina made landfall. The storm surge reached 30 feet in many areas. Homes that were left standing were flooding and suffered [...]
Is There Still a Rebuilding Need in Mississippi?
Posted in Missions on July 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It has been almost 2 years since Hurricane Katrina hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast. For those who do not live along the Coast Katrina is a distant memory with fuzzy images. To those who have homes along the Coast (or had them prior to Katrina) the aftermath is still all too real. There a many [...]
Southwest Louisiana
Posted in Event, Missions on June 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
We had volunteers from across the country arrive in Southwest Louisiana. The homes were throughout an area that covers more than 6000 square miles so we were on the road alot! There are as many stories of God’s grace as there were volunteers and homeowners. We found homes that had not had work done on [...]
