Plea from Laurel, MS

This is an email I received this morning from the pastor that our team is about to be heading towards in Laurel, MS. There was a picture in the email of uprooted trees that did not come through and I simply don't have time to fiddle with it. But I wanted to get this message out. God bless. And please pray for the safety of all the volunteers in MS and LA for it's an ugly situation with some bad people down there right now.

Grace and peace,

"This is why I weep and my eyes overflow with tears...." Lamentation 1:16

As you can see from the picture below that was made in the back yard of our parsoange, our lives have been uprooted and torn in half. Our emotions are all over the place just like the limbs and trees in this picture. Yes, property can be repaired and replaced. Yet, we know that there are so much of this all over South Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisana.

In our lamenting, we also recoginze that God is at work. God is sending volunteers from all over America to help. Thank you all for your help and love! The United Methodist Committee on Relief is senind us several teams to remove trees and debris, food, and other supplies. God is good!

Today as you pray remember to pray for Buck, John, the team of 10 people from Alabaster, Al, the 14 people from Sedgwick, CO, Greg and Michelle Hazelrig, Wayne McCord, the team of 11 from Columbia, MO, The Trinity United Methodist Church in Birmingham, AL; The United Methodist Church of the Palms In Palm Beach, FL. All of these people will be on the road with supplies and workteams. Pray for Dena and Linda, our cooks; David, Howard, Howie, Ron, Hannah, Madelyn, Nicholas, Loretta, Bill, Ann, Paula, Joyln, Shirley, Chirs, Kay, and many others from own congregation who are helping.

We could use more help. If you have connections to churches or friends: we need work teams, supplies, money. Many people have lost their income and need some temporary assistance. We are doing what we can to help in this area. If you can do nothing else, you can send donations to our fund to help those who need help due to lost income. You can send it to West Laurel United Methodist Church, 523 North 14th Avenue, Laurel, MS 39440. Please send this information to all of your friends and fellow church people you may know.

THank you so much.

Roy W. Pearson