Doesn't anyone need help?

We got up Saturday, showered, washed off the car, packed up the coach and left for Lake Charles. We called the Red Cross and were surprised to understand that there was little need for volunteers. We went on to Iowa (Ioway) to an outlet mall that was closed for repair. We also went to a restaurant that we had discovered in April. We shared an order of fried crawfish and etouffee. We were blessed to talk at length with the owner of the restaurant, a CoonAss (complete Cajun) who talked much about the area and the restaurant business. We also learned that many of the small towns south of I-10 were so devastated that people are not even allowed to return. One man told us that he had not been able to find one board from his house. We left there and went on to the Texas welcome center where the attendant helped us find an LCMS church that has some parishioners that need some help, according to the pastor. We drove to the church lot where he met us and helped us set up with electricity. We really had nothing else to do but stay home. We don’t know much about the area so we don’t know where to go. We did get a call from Emily and talked about our visit to her home next summer. She advanced the idea that when we leave for my brother Stan’s that she and the kids go with us. That sounds like a very good idea--perhaps it will to Stan and Linda. Emily will call him and propose the idea. We don’t think he even knows we plan to visit as yet. We look forward to worship tomorrow and learning where the Lord wants to use us.