Well in a surprise move our friend who we have been housing got an apartment and will be able to move in on Friday. Eventhough he is still looking for a job FEMA is helping pay for his rent. I thank God that He gave us the opportunity to open our home to him just as our friend did for us in St. Louis.

My sister and her husband and their daughter are living with my parents (which is 4 doors down from me). It is weird, when I was a little kid I lived on this very same street in my parents house, my grandmother (Maw-Maw) lived in the house that I am in now and 3 doors down from my parents house my aunt (my fathers sister) and late uncle lived. I’ve always known that I would live in my Maw-Maw’s house…I would see it in visions and dreams. That is an interesting story someday I will tell it to the world!

Yesterday I went “sight seeing” in the Lakeview area which was one of the first places to flood when the 17th Street Canal levee broke. For those of you not from here and only have media reports about this subject Lakeview was one of the hardest hit when the levee broke. Lakeview was one of the richest parts of New Orleans and was mostly white. Some in the media suggest that only poor and mostly black people were affected and that is not at all true. This storm did not discriminate.

For those of you who may be reading this and have not been affected by a hurricane this season please consider going to my homepage http://www.xhortation.com/ and click on the American Red Cross banner and make a donation to help out the people who are still recovering. The American Red Cross helped my family and I in a very big way and I hope someday to repay them for their help in our time of crisis.

God is good!