On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a load voice, if anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. John 7:37
Last week I was in Bay St. Louis with several of the teams assisting those flattened out by the hurricanes. You would think that the folks that live in the region run over by Katrina have had enough water for now. They haven’t. They are thirstier now than ever, but in a way that they didn’t realize before. You see, the folks here have seen with their own eyes, felt with their own hands and tasted with their own mouths, the goodness of a compassionate and caring Body of Christ.
I am most often asked, ”how long is it going to take” or “how is the recovery going, are you seeing any progress”? Let me say this, If the recovery were finished tomorrow, we would miss many opportunities to advance the Gospel. We have before us a work that we should be thanking God for providing. Open access to hurting people has been unparalleled in North America. Almost everyone we help wants to tell us their story, and we are given this great opportunity to tell ours. Oh God!, please let the recovery take a long time!
For those you read this Blog, I thank God for your partnership in this ministry. To date MNA has mobilized around seven thousand volunteers that have given significant time, talent and treasure from Moss Point to Baton Rouge. By sending Jocie, Curt and Me (the MNA team partnering with Lagniappe) on your behalf, you are helping supply Living Water to those who are thirsty and have been waiting on someone to show them how to get the Eternal Thirst Quencher. More water Please!
Your Servant in Christ,
Arklie Hooten
MNA ShortTerm DirectorSaturday, April 22, 2006
Living Water...
On the last and greatest day of the Feast, Jesus stood and said in a load voice, if anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink. John 7:37
Last week I was in Bay St. Louis with several of the teams assisting those flattened out by the hurricanes. You would think that the folks that live in the region run over by Katrina have had enough water for now. They haven’t. They are thirstier now than ever, but in a way that they didn’t realize before. You see, the folks here have seen with their own eyes, felt with their own hands and tasted with their own mouths, the goodness of a compassionate and caring Body of Christ.
I am most often asked, ”how long is it going to take” or “how is the recovery going, are you seeing any progress”? Let me say this, If the recovery were finished tomorrow, we would miss many opportunities to advance the Gospel. We have before us a work that we should be thanking God for providing. Open access to hurting people has been unparalleled in North America. Almost everyone we help wants to tell us their story, and we are given this great opportunity to tell ours. Oh God!, please let the recovery take a long time!
For those you read this Blog, I thank God for your partnership in this ministry. To date MNA has mobilized around seven thousand volunteers that have given significant time, talent and treasure from Moss Point to Baton Rouge. By sending Jocie, Curt and Me (the MNA team partnering with Lagniappe) on your behalf, you are helping supply Living Water to those who are thirsty and have been waiting on someone to show them how to get the Eternal Thirst Quencher. More water Please!
Your Servant in Christ,
Arklie Hooten
MNA ShortTerm Director