Update 12-15

Progress Report on the Relief work Tammany Oaks Church of Christ
Sunday, December 11, 2005 by Brett White

Special Presentation today at Assembly : Ted Jackson, a shepherd at TOCC, also Pulitzer-Prize winning photographer showed a frame by frame presentation of his journey from the evacuation from Katrina, rescue operations, lootings, fires, deaths, floods, and cleanup operations.

Herald of Truth- On Thursday December 8, church leaders from around the area met with Steve Ridgell of the Herald of Truth Ministry out of Abilene, Texas. He presented us with the exciting offer of a radio spot broadcast on local radio stations, bringing a short message of hope and invitation to learn more about Jesus. Listeners will be encouraged to call an 800 number or contact their local Church of Christ. Those attending enthusiastically embraced the idea. But we need to gear up because the "fields are white for harvest and workers are few." (B. Gilbert)

Prayer Campaign - -Next Wednesday, we plan to start a designated forty days of prayer for all the people we have met and contacted through the relief work. Of course we have always been interested in meeting spiritual needs in addition to the physical needs, so we are praying the Lord to provide a way.

BIG MOVE- The "warehouse" (i.e. sanctuary) here at Tammany Oaks Church of Christ is about to be largely evacuated of all the relief supplies. The youth group is having an all-niter at the church and they are going to be using the facility. This is preparing the disaster relief team to get moved into the new warehouse in Robert, LA (down the road from Mandeville) by the end of the month. The facility is shaping up pretty nicely with lots of skilled labor volunteers coming to help get it ready to move into.

Marriage : Alicia Shrewsbury and I got married at the TOCC Church building Monday December 5, with staff and volunteers in attendance. The bride and groom were adorned in their yellow volunteer shirts and blue jeans. The ceremony was conducted by Justice Wallace Porter. We enjoyed our honeymoon this week at undisclosed locations in LA (lower Alabama). We met and married here at the Disaster Relief Ministry. She's from Hurricane, West Virginia (no lie).



I was a little late in sending this out…I fell ill to a bug, but I'm getting better all the time… God bless, Brett.