This is the fifty-third update for the Hurricane Katrina disaster relief fund for the Lake Pontchartrain North Shore. This includes the Covington, Abita Springs, Mandeville, Slidell, and New Orleans, Louisiana.

Pastor Sprague has sent the following message concerning the ministry of Trinity Evangelical Free Church of Covington, LA and hurricane relief.

Urgent Request for Prayer and Help for Trinity Church

I am convinced that Trinity Church is where it is today after Katrina because of the prayers of the people of God, like you! We may be weak, limping and weary, but we are advancing in the cause of Christ and experiencing the sufficiency of His grace for teams, provisions, encouragement, and fruitfulness.

I now need for you to pray for a very urgent need for four staff positions to be filled. During the aftermath of Katrina, I rejoiced that God used the Trinity staff in an extraordinary way. The (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)