I have spent a week here and now I have come to a point where Louisiana is offering up it's first challenge, a hurricane. Essentially this has put a halt on our orientation processes within the Living With Purpose program, we have to wait Isaac out. At first I was a little nervous about the idea of a storm which had the potential to disrupt and ruin my entire experience in New Orleans. Now I am a little at peace with this storm, especially since my experience today at the Red Cross.
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| Hurricane Isaac courtesy of NOAA |
While I was waiting for the provisions to keep coming in, I had this feeling like I was just sitting on my hands watching as everyone prepared for Isaac to descend upon southern Louisiana. So when a fellow of mine Maggie had a friend who was working for the Red Cross, and asked if any of us wanted to help with the Disaster Relief and Sheltering, I jumped at the chance. We arrived at the RC to fill out the paper work and run a basic criminal background check. Of course with all of those who also wanted to volunteer, I was unable to get my background check to go through. So I sat and waited for the check to go through.
As I sat there waiting, I watched as tons of people poured in from other RC chapters across the nation, giving up their time to fly in and help those who they had never met. It gave me a renewed sense of what it means to volunteer, and what people are willing to do when a crisis arises. So now the best thing we can do is sit here in a small apartment and wait for Isaac to pass over and leave his mark on the state. Keep the southern Louisiana area in your prayers as you read this, and know that I am safe, but there are those who have no shelter or ability to stay safe for the duration of this storm.
Listed is a link to the Red Cross website, please if you can donate, or sign up to volunteer.
http://www.redcross.org/
Peace
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