[Tazer]

Two of our church buses and both of our vans are being sent to St. Charles Parish at 4:00pm to evacuate residents of local nursing home and transport them to San Antonio, Tx. for shelter. All we were told is that these residents are ambulatory and have no family members available for transport. Wow...it is scary just sitting here listening to d/h and several local ministers discuss it; I can not imagine what it is like to live it.

We have called a 6:30pm church meeting; it is a combination prayer and support group. We are forming a task force to help meet the needs whatever they turn out to be. We we caught off guard with Katrina and hoping to avoid that this time. We actually have 2 families at our church who are still here post-Katrina having lost everything, even a sisters grave site! The other older lady has family still there and she is unable to reach them today.

It is overwhelming. Yesterday d/h and I were planning a combination Labor Day / Birthday Celebration for me on Monday. Now we're cleaning up the extra blankets, sleeping bags and air mattresses and preparing the den for possible guests.

I'm praying and I know He hears me, but I'm scared. I remember Katrina. Tracy