Oh I most definitely depend on my church family too. I'm Southern Baptist and know that they will be there in times of need. I also know that 100% of the donations to Disaster Relief is used for relief not administrative costs. One of the churches in town is converting one of their educational buildings into apartments to house several families permanently. My church is supporting the ones in town and at the church camp financially. Several teams have been in Covington to help with the cleanup and repairs there.
We've got two team from First Baptist Woodstock, GA going to the Katrina area this weekend.
The NAMB has been in there since after the winds died, I pray Rita won't approach Katrina's strength or devistation, the emergency resources are stretched a bit then right now.
Two weeks ago, our church took up a collection for disaster relief. We also took up a collection to purchase a "mobile kitchen" trailer to donate to our local association. They said they had to have $10,500 to purchase the mobile kitchen. We collected $18,000 for disaster relief and $35,000 for the mobile kitchen!
So we bought two!