kgeaux
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concernedperson said:Kgeaux has been OK through this but she may not be OK throughout the rest of it.Much help is needed and it will filter wherever it is needed. So, send up your prayers to her because she has a giant heart and will more than likely take on a lot and a lot that will cause inconvenience. So, Karen, you are in my thoughts and prayers. I will find a way to help.
Thank you so much for all who have expressed concern. I am fine but we do have an enormous job to do here in Lafayette. We have thousands of evacuees here in Lafayette, no one has an exact count yet. Most of them are having to come to terms with the fact that they have no home, no possessions, and no job to return to.
The Red Cross asked for donations last night for the refugees at the Cajun Dome, and so many people showed up that the cars were wrapped around the Cajun Dome. People who escaped damage are so grateful to be in a position to help. Little children begged their moms to take them to the Cajun Dome so they could give toys to the kids who had lost all theirs. One little boy sent a hand written message and drawing to cheer other little ones up!
Several apartment complexes have stepped up to the bat and offered short term housing--in other words, they aren't asking for $ up front and aren't requiring leases.
Our schools have set up a registration site and will accept any students from the NO area. The school board has started a uniform drive so the students will have clothing. People are donating paper, pens, notebooks and booksacks.
It doesn't sound like a lot but those kids need some sort of normality in their lives and this is a small step in providing that.
Local businesses are trying to provide jobs for those who so desperately need jobs.
Our pharmacies are going the extra mile to try to verify prescriptions and provide meds. for those in need--
I was sitting in a pharmacy yesterday, and a young mother sat next to me. She was talking on her cell phone, just sobbing. She was talking to her Dad in North Alabama. She has family members who stayed behind, they lived right off of Lake Ponchitrain, so she believes they are dead. Her momma, her two little brothers. She had $10 in her pocket and needed antibiotics for her baby and diapers. Servers were down so her credit and debit cards weren't working. She had no checkbook. She was just pouring her heart out to her dad and telling him she didn't know what to do. People quietly stepped up to the counter and paid for everything she needed--she never had to ask. We heard her and responded.
A family from NO lost their dog--it escaped out of the yard of the home they had taken refuge in. On top of every other worry, they couldn't find their dog. Well, the doggie had shown up at a local bank where the tellers took him in, gave him water and paid to board him at a local vet until they could find his family---the next morning they spotted flyers the family had put out and there was a happy reunion! In the midst of all this tragedy, good things are happening.
God is good. And as long as there are people willing to help, the people devastated by Katrina will survive.