A week after Hurricane Katrina devastated Gulf
Coast communities in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, contributions
to the ELCA Domestic Disaster Relief topped $1 million.
Lutheran
Disaster Response had gained access to some areas, said Heather L.
Feltman, director of this ministry of the ELCA and Lutheran
Church–Missouri Synod.
As The Lutheran
went to press, Feltman was coordinating deployment of the hundreds of
volunteers from area congregations and from those many miles away.
First in are those helping to remove debris and clean.”
Looking
ahead, Feltman said: “We’re here to rally Lutherans to assist in
efforts for long-term recovery. This is going to be a long-term
displacement of whole communities—loss of homes, loss of lives, loss of
jobs and last, but not least, loss of churches.”
Lutheran social ministry organizations, hospitals, counseling centers, and refugee and immigration services are involved.
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