[Peace] Southbound relief group

[Karen Medina]

RE: Southbound relief group

OK, here's the deal. Wendy Edwards is planning to leave this 
Friday morning (tomorrow) and return this Sunday. It is a 
quick trip. She is headed to Mauriceville, Texas to join up 
with a group of 7 cu-relief people who left early this 
morning (Thursday). Wendy will be taking photographs to 
document their work and the situation in Mauriceville. 

The rest of the group will be staying and working till 
Tuesday. The group is joining the minister of Grace Community 
Church who is already down there and coordinating with 
several of the communities hit by the hurricanes. 
Mauriceville is one community not yet getting much attention. 
And, word is that it really helps to have people who care 
about the people they are helping. The paid workers are 
great, but it is their job to be there. It means alot to have 
someone who is there because they want to be there, because 
they see a neighbor in trouble and want to walk beside them 
for awhile. 

So, Wendy needs a sidekick who can help drive. It is a short 
trip, and quite an adventure. 

There is no electricity. Workers are sleeping in tents, 
bathing alfresco (take a swimsuit to bathe in), and supplied 
with food. The work group was told they might be just handing 
out MREs, water, and ice. Or they might be doing some hard 
physical work (there was a chain saw in the equipment that 
went down this morning). Or the workers might asked to just 
be there to listen to some people who are going through an 
awful lot of changes.

Even if you don't know what MREs are, but are up for an 
adventure and want to help your neighbors, then you can join 
Wendy this weekend, or you can join a future work trip with 
CU-Relief ( http://www.cu-relief.org ). It will be a weekend 
you'll never forget.

Basic information on Mauriceville, TX before the storm:
http://www.city-data.com/city/Mauriceville-Texas.html

-karen medina
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On Wed, 28 Sep 2005, Wendy Edwards wrote:

> Hi, I've been talking with the CU-Relief folks 
(http://www.cu-relief.org), and they said it would be helpful 
to have someone going down to photograph/document the 
destruction and relief efforts.  I'm looking into unlimited 
mileage rental cars and hoping to stay with the relief 
group.  Anyhow, if I can arrange the logistics, would anyone 
else like to ride along?  An over-25 driver would be 
especially nice.
 
Wendy