The first thing to do is round up some supplies. The people of Santa Rosa gave so much that it was overwhelming. Thank you so much to everyone who gave sacrificially!
My family came to see me off! What a great way to kick off the journey!
Here is our team. Gregory, Brian, Rudy, and me, Jimmy!!! Brian, Rudy, and I know each other from church, we met Gregory through www.craigslist.com. He heard about our trip and hooked up with us to head down to Louisiana. His father lived in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, very close to one of the breaks in the levy system, and had been missing since Hurricane Katrina hit.
Part of our mission was to pick up this motorhome from Southern California and deliver it to Pastor Troy, a New Orleans minister who had lost his home and his church. He had been staying in the Sunday School room of a church in Covington, LA on the North end of Lake Ponchartrain with his family of four and several other families from his church who had also lost their homes.
When we arrived in L.A. at about 3am we loaded up supplies from donations that our friends at STREETWISE MINISTRIES had collected. As soon as we were loaded to the point that the motor home could barely pull the weight... We hit the open road!!!
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