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Most of the aid trucks I have seen have been Salvation Army. I am donating today. They are Johnny on the spot.

The following was forwarded to us by Bob & Mae Dark, whose friends Majors Johnson (the writers of the attached) are Divisional Officers in Mississippi. We know that you will keep this situation in your prayers...
W/CBR

Dear Friends,

Thank you for your prayers - your support in this way has been most effective. While the Lord has been faithful in protecting us from harm and danger, there has been a tremendous amount of "physical" loss within our Division - we are very, very thankful thus far, to know that lives within the Ranks of the Army have been spared.

As you have probably seen by pictures on the news, New Orleans has become a city under water. Our officers, Majors Ray and Faye Brittle, decided to stay in New Orleans to "ride the storm." Today they reside on the second floor of their building since the first level has been overtaken by water. They've distributed every ounce of food they had in their possession and are in despair and very discouraged as they have nothing more to offer. When we heard from Major Ray Brittle yesterday, he said, "there's absolutely nothing anyone can do for them at this time..." "...Unless we had a helicopter or a boat or two to bring in supplies, there's nothing that can be done." I have been praying for them all through the night and ask that you make a request of the folks around you to do the same.

In regard to Mississippi, there's tremendous damage. I can share with you, at this point, that the officers from Pascagoula and Biloxi areas fled their towns to safety with family members and will have absolutely nothing to return to. The Corps facilities and quarters have been completely wiped away. Majors Don and Helene Wildish were stationed in Biloxi and Sergeants Brett and Kim Cundiff were stationed in Pascagoula (this couple just recently "signed up" and were installed as Sergeants in July!)

We haven't heard reports from Alabama, due to phone restrictions in their areas and ours, so we're a bit anxious about what type of damage that's occurred there. As phone lines become stronger, clearer and free, we should be hearing more results of destruction today from other communities. We've dispatched canteens and kitchens, etc. to just about everywhere within the Southern regions of the division with the exception of New Orleans.

Please keep us in your prayers as we continue to ask the Lord for direction and wisdom in extending the best help possible to those who have been effected by the destructive hurricane/storms of Katrina.