All the teams have been taking turns going out into the neighborhoods of the Eighth and Ninth Wards, to get the word out about the Free Food Festival this weekend (aka Feed the Multitudes).
As we've been going out, we've met the residents, prayed with them, listened to them, and shared with them. The people of New Orleans are extremely friendly -- friendlier than any other people that I've come across. And with their friendliness also comes an openness to share their prayer requests.
Today, we prayed for a woman with Parkinson's, a 90-year-old woman whose home was taken by the city and demolished due to taxes when her husband died, a family that has been separated in three states since Katrina, and numerous other severe health and financial requests.
While the needs are great, their thankfulness and praise for the things they still do have is just as strong. Everyone has a story to tell and most of those stories include both trial and praise. It is a blessing to be meeting each and every one of them.
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