So let me ask you as we are all moving closer to celebrating the Hanukkah and Christmas seasons. Are you under the impression that all of the clean-up of storm damaged homes and the rebuilding of the lives of the many families who suffered the devastating effects of hurricanes Ivan, Katrina, Rita, Ike and Gustav is all finished with nothing more for you or anyone else to do to help? Did you think that that the government stepped in and made them whole? Are those poor soles out of your sight and so, out of your thoughts and prayers too?
I live and work in Biloxi Mississippi, so needless to say I am somewhat of an authority on this subject. I am proud to report that we, the residents of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, are a resilient bunch of folks and even though we still have quite a way to go before we are completely recovered from hurricane Katrina, we are still a lot further along that the proud folks of Cameron Louisiana who were hit with hurricane Rita and more recently, hurricane Ike.
I and my friend, The Reverend Jane Bearden, took a truck load of donated household goods, donated by the members of my church, the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, to that humble Cajun country community on Thursday. A day that I could quite confidently define as the worst possible day of the entire calendar year to make this trip. Believe it or not we were stranded for five and a half hours on Interstate 12 in a snow storm! That's right, a snow storm in the beautiful, usually tropical deep South. So what started out as a six hour round trip journey to help out fellow storm victims turned out to be an all day excursion. By the end of the trip we were both exhausted and speechless. We were tired from driving of course, but also speechless from the devastation that we witnessed there in Cameron. We were also so very incredibility thankful for the opportunity to be able to offer our tiny bit of help to such an incredibly thankful group of people.
So if you're feeling a little stuck this holiday season for a creative way to make a difference in a world that seems to be falling apart around us all, take a moment to consider helping someone less fortunate than yourself. Collect the things that those people need to put their lives together again, and bring it to them. Raise money to help put a roof over a family. Do volunteer work while your taking a few holiday vacation days off. It doesn't have to be help to just hurricane victims either. There are opportunities close to your own home too. Please don't miss the chance to help your fellow man, woman or child.
Many Peaces,
Jim Wheeler, Broker / Owner
Landmark Properties
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