It has been 6 years since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast. It's been 5 1/2 years since a team of 21 people headed to Pearlington from California and found themselves in the midst of chaos, struggle, heartache, despair and the tiniest, smallest amount of hope...and strangely joy.
It seems amazing that so many years have passed. For many of us it seems like just yesterday. About this time of the year for the last 6 years, I've been in the beginning process of planning a trip to Pearlington. This year is different. The work, though not done, has stopped. The money has dried up. The attention of the country and the world has moved on to other places. While I would love to be planning a trip, to be reunited with my friends in Pearlington that does not seem to be happening. This seems like the end. There is the fact that I'm no longer employed at the church but that won't stop me from jumping at the opportunity to take a group of people back Pearlington if God makes it happen. Not being in Pearlington around Christmas and New Year's will definitely be different! It's in God's hands.
For now, this blog will remain up, though maybe not active, just to remind us of where we have been, what God has done and to keep the little town of Pearlington in our hearts and minds.
The story of one little church's efforts to bring hope and healing to a small town after Hurricane Katrina
