Request for prayers from those in Laurel, MS

In Laurel, MS there are 4,000 troops of National Guard on the way because of looters. West Laurel UMC is home of 30 people right now and may be home for more soon. These are not displaced refugees that have come north to escape the devastation. These are members and family that live there and have no where else to go. Looters are stealing gas out of running generators and a person in nearby Hattiesburg has shot his sister over a bag of ice. And so people are afraid.

We see New Orleans on the television and the fear in people's eyes. But lets not forget the others who've been affected as well. Jones County is home to 70,000 people and was the third worst place hit behind New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. So I humbly ask that as you read this, you stop for just a moment and pray for Don McKinnon and his wife Noel. Don is the Emergency Management Director of Jones County. And he is understandably stressed out right now. Also pray for the families living in Laurel UMC. Pray for their safety...that order may come out of chaos...and that life may be back to some semblence of normal soon.

Roy Pearson - Pastor
Ellzey family
Michlink family
Holifield family
Parker family
Mixon family
Sellers family
Bethea family
Hamm family
Jordan family