Today is Friday...in Louisiana!

Bill George from the COG Evangel is in town to see the need, interview people and share his heart. We have traveled today to Covington, Slidell, Amite and Franklinton. Franklinton, LA was hit in a major way. I traveled down LA 10 to LA 25 South and as we got closer to town, the devastation was major. In some of these communities, we will not have power for many weeks.

A team of pastors and their wives took food and supplies from Covington to the town of Bogalusa, LA today. This is their second trip up there. Yesterday, six people gave their hearts to the Lord! Apparently, not much Red Cross activity has been done there.

We finally got to talk with Earl Naquin last night and found that Friendswood has significant damage to the roof and will require 121 squares of shingles. There was a good amount of water in the sanctuary that required the removal of the carpet in some places. Insurance adjusters are determining the replacements costs and we will join with this church to repair the building soon.

Chauvin is now also accessible by phone and Sister Thibodeaux reports significant roof damage that will require immediate action. A relief team will be in the area there tomorrow to determine what needs to be done and plans to return this next week to make the repairs.

A hot meals cooking team from Texas arrived in the state today and served over 3,000 meals in the greater Covington area, according to Operation Compassion. They are also serving meals at Slidell where we visited today.

Tomorrow, things will be better than today!

Keep hope alive!

Bishop Bill