Prayer & PWRDF: response to Katrina
I had a girlfiend named Katrina about 23 years ago... it didn't go well. Funny how we personalize disastrous natural weather systems. I wonder if it helps us remember them or soften the blow. This ancient girlfriend was called Trinxie... I doubt a cute name will be carried on for this hurricane. There is no softening for this.
Katrina will never be a forgotten name, and I dare say not many will choose this name for a child in the near future. To say this storm will do down in history is an understatement. This will impact all of North America in ways we have yet to even contemplate for decades; Gas, oil, hydro, food, appliances, clothing, electronics, all good and services that rely on transportation will be effected.
The people of New Orleans will rebel in a short time as frustration will take over from sense and sobriety. This is a major city with great poor, the marginal are in constant view on CNN (tv) for all to see. This is the great nation of the USA, with a people unable to remove themselves from the city due to the economic marginal. These people who are dying and potential victims of, what we coin, "third world" diseases such as cholera, are mired in despair... a despair beyond reason. For North Americans do not expect this on our back door. The sewage, mold & mildew, human waste, garbage, and bodies, will all make the recovery of this disaster more than a quick mop up. This is a great psychological & spiritual disaster. Years of fear and frustration will happen as a result. Post Tramatic Stress Disorder will remain for many who are on the frontlines of this, downtown, on the roofs, sleeping next to the dead. It is beyond belief.
The immediate need is prayer for all involved, victims, security, those missing and searching, the medical workers, the relief workers, the aged and young, and clerics of all kinds.
Financially I encourage you to visit this site and donate directly through the Primates World Relief and development Fund (this is the same Anglican organization that helped the Lower North Shore in 2003 with the Fishery Crisis).
In Christ's Name We Pray
Katrina will never be a forgotten name, and I dare say not many will choose this name for a child in the near future. To say this storm will do down in history is an understatement. This will impact all of North America in ways we have yet to even contemplate for decades; Gas, oil, hydro, food, appliances, clothing, electronics, all good and services that rely on transportation will be effected.
The people of New Orleans will rebel in a short time as frustration will take over from sense and sobriety. This is a major city with great poor, the marginal are in constant view on CNN (tv) for all to see. This is the great nation of the USA, with a people unable to remove themselves from the city due to the economic marginal. These people who are dying and potential victims of, what we coin, "third world" diseases such as cholera, are mired in despair... a despair beyond reason. For North Americans do not expect this on our back door. The sewage, mold & mildew, human waste, garbage, and bodies, will all make the recovery of this disaster more than a quick mop up. This is a great psychological & spiritual disaster. Years of fear and frustration will happen as a result. Post Tramatic Stress Disorder will remain for many who are on the frontlines of this, downtown, on the roofs, sleeping next to the dead. It is beyond belief.
The immediate need is prayer for all involved, victims, security, those missing and searching, the medical workers, the relief workers, the aged and young, and clerics of all kinds.
Financially I encourage you to visit this site and donate directly through the Primates World Relief and development Fund (this is the same Anglican organization that helped the Lower North Shore in 2003 with the Fishery Crisis).
In Christ's Name We Pray
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