Sadly, we are full up to the brim with NOLA here. Every hotel room, church, civic center, spare space available is full. I have driven by the local shelter here and you should see the supplies, believe me when I say that the supplies are prepositioned at the moment. We live in a very generous country and I live in a very generous city.
I don't plan on the government to provide. I plan ahead and take care of myself and those in my family. God gave me a brain and the abilities to fend for myself. If everybody would simply do the same we wouldn't need much from the ptb except to clear the roads, restore utilities, and keep the order. Too many people though don't plan and prepare to get out of harm's way making it necessary for the government to take more control than needed.
And our church family...we should depend on ourselves and when we can't, on our church family. I feel like if I was in a disaster, I could pick up the phone and call the closest Southern Baptist Convention church and someone would help me.
I'd do it for them if the position was reversed.
Once, my parents had an accident in their truck... totaled their Dodge diesel 3500 pickup and their gooseneck camper trailer. They called me and told me where they were...just a small town in Georgia 12 hours from home. I called the local First Baptist Church and they went above and beyond helping my parents...it was fantastic. They helped them get their clothes clean, took them out to eat, picked them up for church. My parents were stuck in that town for about 36 hours but they had every need met.
That's who we should depend on...our brothers and sisters in Christ. It's why I volunteer for
these guys...