In Baton Rouge

After travelling over 1800 miles the team finally arrived in Baton Rouge. With God's help we made it safely with no major traffic issues.

We took off at 7 am from Fort Stockton and made it to San Antonio in time for lunch at Bill Miller's BBQ. It was a good taste of Texas cooking at a good price. We then headed out around 1 pm and reached Baton Rouge around 7:45 pm.

We were greeted by Reverend Errol Domingue who was at work in his study. Brother Walter Howard with whom we have worked with from our very first Hurricane Katrina recovery trip also met us and showed us where we would be staying for the night. A three bedroom house that once belonged to a wonderful woman of God who passed away at 105 years old. We had met her two years ago when our Hurricane Gustav recovery team came and helped clean out some fallen limbs from her yard. It was at her yard that two members of the team contacted poison oak and had a severe reaction for weeks.

The house is potentially one that the Nehemiah Society at Elm Grove Baptist will purchase with PFB Pomona assistance for a family that had to relocate because of Katrina.

We had a time of prayer for Jacob's daughter with brother Howard then headed of to the local Wal Mart to get some supplies for the team. We also had a quick meal at Taco Bell & headed back to our home for the next week. The key question on our minds was when will different team members be using the one bathroom that we have in the house.

The weather is quite pleasant and we look forward to our time here. We all plan to get a good night rest. The picture of the team was taken outside the La Quinta Hotel in Fort Stockton at 7 am.

Please pray for continued good relationships between team members. Some rest and for a wonderful time of worship with our brothers and sisters at Elm Grove. We will be attending the early service at 8 am.