Columbus Mission to Mandeville, Katrina Relief

There is so much to say about what God did last week and what God is doing in my life since the trip. One thing that happened last week that I would like to share is that on Thursday I witnessed the Robinson family receive their van that one of the Ohio volunteers brought to give away. As you know, the family had been living at a shelter and maybe out of their car some since Katrina. They were brought to the church building to be fed and for us to take them back to their home with a clean up crew. After they ate, Mike took them out to the parking lot and showed them the van that they got to take home. They were absolutely ecstatic. I had to walk away because I became very emotional just watching the excitement in the children and their parents' faces.

Once we made it to their home, it was awesome the way everyone went to work to clean their house so they could call it home again. When we were leaving, Ray Robinson told us that his kids didn't want us to leave. It was an awesome day.

Since i've been home, God has been speaking to me very loudly. It's a little fuzzy, but I know that God is moving me from West Virginia(what I have always called home) and probably somewhere south. My first thought when I walked into Tammany Oaks Church was, "I wish this were closer to WV; I'd be here all the time." Since I've been home, the Lord has been slowly been revealing his plan to me. I began sorting through my things Sunday and I began packing yesterday evening.

I have always been afraid of moving and even the idea of some kind of full time mission work; but now, I'm not afraid and I am crying out, Here I am Lord; send me!!

Alicia