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From Dan & Arthur
We have been receiving phone calls asking for food assistance from Katrina evacuees here in San Antonio who are not being housed in shelters. We have put together many boxes of non-perishable food items and have delivered them to the evacuees in different parts of the city. We’ve taken time to talk with these people, pray with them and leave them some faith-building Christian literature such as the Activated Magazine which the evacuees have said they very much appreciate. We have also been able to share encouragement and hope with them and the knowledge that the Lord loves them and will always be there for them.
After visiting some families and providing them with needed food items, Arthur (18) and I went to the Kelly USA shelter where we spent time visiting with some of the evacuees there, asking them about their needs and lending a listening ear as they unburdened their hearts and looked for comfort. We talked with one man who had lived in New Orleans all his life but said that he had never before experienced such kindness and hospitality as he had found in San Antonio and he plans to make this his new home. He showed us a Bible he had under his pillow that someone had given him and he said that was what had kept him holding on through such an upheaval in his life and he was so thankful he had Jesus. He asked for prayer for his health and for his family to adapt to their new home and schools and asked us to visit him again.
Arthur was also able to offer his services for a few hours working in the distribution center, helping sort donated items and unloading trucks full of donated clothing that were coming into the center.