‘Twas a chilly day – well, for Lafayette Louisiana that is! ☺ I’m turning into a wimp as far as cold goes!

Today we were able to put out 68 boxes: 30 in mobile homes that will be occupied next week and 38 in travel trailers that are going to house people starting the middle of December. Once again, our friends with the government helped us out by opening the doors to every home! Becky, one of the ladies, was even helping us carry things in! What a blessing!

Here are some pictures: some of the van FULL of boxes (70 of them, plus 70 laundry detergent bottles); Anouk writing on the boxes: “Welcome to your new home”; Becky and Jeremy carrying things to a mobile home; a mobile home being dropped off and “secured”; and an unusual sign on the side of the road.

The two ladies we have been working with the most are now leaving! ☹ Becky and Diane are going back home after more than three months of work down here. We’re going to miss them! They were great to work with and are sad to see them go . . . but we did get to meet their replacement, Vickie, who seemed just as nice. We had lunch with them and another worker today. It’s great to see how the Lord works in the hearts of these workers to help us help out the evacuees! Becky and Diane wanted to get a picture with us, so we included it here.

Later in the day we were also able to go back to one of the trailer parks and give people some specific things they needed. One lady needed some cat food (she had just gotten back her cat the week before) and was happy to get some. A young mother needed diapers so we brought her a bag with diapers, wipes, ointment, etc. Her eyes lit up and she smiled big when she saw me with the bag of “goodies.” I don’t think she expected us to come back! It’s such a blessing to be the bearer of these physical blessings! Thanks for all your support that makes it possible. Please pray that there will be fruit from the bearing of the Gospel too!