This is the fifty-eighth 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 another e-mail update concerning the ministry of Trinity Evangelical Free Church of Covington, LA and hurricane relief.

Lessons I’m Learning 6 Months After the Storm

One of my earliest set of reflections on Katrina six months ago was entitled "What I Learned Today." I haven’t forgotten those early lessons of surrender and faith. Now after a half-year I can say that Jesus continues to teach me lessons in the arena of faith. The scripture and my own journey reveal Gods ways:

I. An Initial Call

God is in the business of giving out assignments, tasks, adventures, partnerships, or whatever you want to label them. It is simply His calling. The call came to Abraham, Moses, Joshua, (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)