While most families will be celebrating Christmas Monday, December 25, Lagniappe celebrated Christmas with the residents of Bay St. Louis/Waveland Thursday, December 21. What started Wednesday as an invitation to bring a team of volunteers to carol at Waveland City Hall, resulted in Lagniappe inviting the City Hall event to our facility. The reason for the change was an unexpected deluge of rain which flooded streets, neighborhoods, and prevented a number of our 200 volunteers from performing their assigned construction tasks. "Why would God send the showers? Why come this far to work and have God do something like this? Doesn't He know we devoted hours to planning, giving up vacation time, and driving so far for this?" These were the questions everyone must have been thinking. I certainly did. Then came the call from the city of Waveland. "We can't host the event in our parking lot as we planned. Could we use your facility?" The questions we previously asked, the mystery of providence, quickly became known. God planned all along to have Lagniappe host this Christmas celebration but He only revealed it to us that day. What existed in the mind of God from eternity past was revealed to us at 10am Thursday morning. Because it was planned, orchestrated, and executed by God it was nothing less than spectacular. Over 500 residents, volunteers, and staff ate, danced, and celebrated to the glory of God. It was like nothing I have ever experienced and probably never will. At one point Kenley leaned over to me and said, "It's Summer again." How profound. I knew exactly what he meant. Last summer was the summer of defeated self effort, thwarted human plans, and the display of God's glory. No one could claim credit for any of it then and no one can claim credit for any of what occured Thursday night. May the future of Lagniappe be one of "Endless Summers." Sola Deo Gloria
The Warner's "Getting Down." Richard, "You still got the moves brotha"
Smiles from families for whom this would be their only Christmas
A little Lagniappe for Christmas. It was reported by WLOX, our local CBS affiliation, that $40,000 worth of toys were given away that night.
Don and Sandra Oja-Dunaway, friends from St.Augustine, Fl
Over 500 residents, volunteers, and staff. Special thanks to Grace Fellowship Church from Snellville,GA (Atlanta) for bringing 100 students and adults to serve Thursday-Saturday. We had no idea what an integral part they would play for this event. Neither did they. As Barbara Warner said, "We couldn't have pulled this off without them." Thanks again.
While most families will be celebrating Christmas Monday, December 25, Lagniappe celebrated Christmas with the residents of Bay St. Louis/Waveland Thursday, December 21. What started Wednesday as an invitation to bring a team of volunteers to carol at Waveland City Hall, resulted in Lagniappe inviting the City Hall event to our facility. The reason for the change was an unexpected deluge of rain which flooded streets, neighborhoods, and prevented a number of our 200 volunteers from performing their assigned construction tasks. "Why would God send the showers? Why come this far to work and have God do something like this? Doesn't He know we devoted hours to planning, giving up vacation time, and driving so far for this?" These were the questions everyone must have been thinking. I certainly did. Then came the call from the city of Waveland. "We can't host the event in our parking lot as we planned. Could we use your facility?" The questions we previously asked, the mystery of providence, quickly became known. God planned all along to have Lagniappe host this Christmas celebration but He only revealed it to us that day. What existed in the mind of God from eternity past was revealed to us at 10am Thursday morning. Because it was planned, orchestrated, and executed by God it was nothing less than spectacular. Over 500 residents, volunteers, and staff ate, danced, and celebrated to the glory of God. It was like nothing I have ever experienced and probably never will. At one point Kenley leaned over to me and said, "It's Summer again." How profound. I knew exactly what he meant. Last summer was the summer of defeated self effort, thwarted human plans, and the display of God's glory. No one could claim credit for any of it then and no one can claim credit for any of what occured Thursday night. May the future of Lagniappe be one of "Endless Summers." Sola Deo Gloria
The Warner's "Getting Down." Richard, "You still got the moves brotha"
Smiles from families for whom this would be their only Christmas 
A little Lagniappe for Christmas. It was reported by WLOX, our local CBS affiliation, that $40,000 worth of toys were given away that night. 
Don and Sandra Oja-Dunaway, friends from St.Augustine, Fl 
Over 500 residents, volunteers, and staff. Special thanks to Grace Fellowship Church from Snellville,GA (Atlanta) for bringing 100 students and adults to serve Thursday-Saturday. We had no idea what an integral part they would play for this event. Neither did they. As Barbara Warner said, "We couldn't have pulled this off without them." Thanks again.
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