New Orleans Road Trip

I spent part of last week in New Orleans with my good friend Rick Amos. Rick is coordinating the ongoing relief efforts of the Campus Ministry with Campus Crusade. He is doing a great job in a very chaotic setting. You can pray for Mouse and Kevin - two young leaders on the ground making a huge difference.

So far over 2800 students and volunteers from over 100 universities and 15 churches have worked over 8000 workdays in the region. In Pass Christian they have cleaned out over 500 homes, schools and churches. In New Orleans we helped to distribute 35,000 meals and 7,000 evangelistic pieces. Pretty amazing.

All that said, there is still a ton of work to be done and a ton of work available. Rick and his team have made connections with Desire Stree Ministries to figure out some next steps. Desire Street has a good understanding of the current situation and they are there for the long haul (as well as many others).

So this Spring there is the real possiblility of sending thousands of students a week to NO during Spring Break. One idea on the table is to recruit broadly from universities so hundreds of pre-believers will show up and be a part of the mix. Pray for Rick and Pete & Chanin Kelly, Robyn Eads and the whole RedRiver leadership team as they figure this out.

All this to say - if you have anyway to leverage some students to get down to NO - DO IT! This is a fantastic opportunity for good words and good deeds. You can see all the opportunities here: http://www.campuscrusadeforchrist.com/katrina/index.php (having some link probs).