Hurricane Katrina
Hello and thank you for your concern.
I'm just fine and so is my home. Both of my neighbors received damage to their homes. It was if God wrapped his arms around my home and sparred it. Maybe because he knew I'd be so willing to help others. All I can say, it looked like a war zone here. The following is a letter I wrote to our family asking for help. If anyone is interested in helping Please e-mail me, write or call.
Linda Jones
26050 East Elm Street
Lacombe, Louisiana 70445
(985) 882-7502
linjones@webtv.net
Katrina relief Shoe Box Fund
Hello Everyone. I hope this finds you well & happy.   Some time ago Bob sent around a letter he called a shoe box fund. It has now become necessary to do this again. Before you start reading this I want you to look around your house and imagine saving one thing IF you could, what would it be? Now imagine losing everything you own. Now look up. You no longer have a roof over your head or a house to call your own.
On August 29th 2005 the lives of some of our very own family members was changed forever.
Hurricane Katrina roared onshore with a mighty vengeance. Affected were Larry Havard
Perry & Belinda Gill, and their two sons Tyler & Andy Gill As if that wasn't bad enough Katrina's evil sister Rita took the home of two more of our family members. This time Wesley Roberts & Megan Roberts. These family members now can carry what they own in a car. Hard to imagine?
Even harder to live.....
All they want is their lives back. Something to call their own, a little normalcy. It will be months if not years to get back everything they lost.
Imagine going to sleep tonight and the very pillow you lay your head on doesn't even belong to you. Starting to get the picture? This is what they live everyday.
I also bet not one of these people has asked for anything, other than can I wash a load of clothes or something similar. We need to open our hearts, our homes and reach out to each of them with a hug a kind word and maybe a little financial help. It will be cold soon....Can you imagine them cold? When they evacuated, the last thing on someone's mind was a coat. It was well into the 90's. I didn't think about a coat, it never crossed my mind.
God spared my house and I had a home to go home to. Unless you live through it it's hard to even imagine.
All they want to do is go home and can't... Christmas is right around the corner. The flood water took Andy's bike, Tylers four wheeler, Larry's new boat and I'm sure some of Wes & Megans favorite things. These family members are all spread out in different homes in our family. A few of the things they have left, are their faith and lots of tears.
Let's make this a Christmas to remember for each of them. I would like to collect money to do just that. Who knows better what they need then they do.
I'm asking you to open your hearts & your wallets and please help by donating to this go around of the shoe box fund. This could of happened to any one of us or our children. And God forbid our family never sees this again. People all over the country have opened their hearts,their homes to strangers, plus their wallets. Surely we can too for people we know and love.
Belinda is staying with me while working so she can help me handle this. Please send a donation in the form of a check to me Linda Jones my address is 26050 East Elm Street Lacombe, La. 70445 Let's make it a Christmas they'll never forget and let them have something to call their own.
Thank you
I love you all,
Linda
I'd like to do this not only for my family but for others too. People are still in tents on the coast. It's getting cold here at night. They could use blankets & coats. I will make sure these get into the hands that need them if I have to go from tent to tent. God bless you and thank you from the bottom of my heart