Pray for Steve & Lisa

Steve & Lisa Nelson were sent out from Cornerstone to help serve with TouchGlobal in New Orleans. Here's an update from them sent out February 7, 2007.

Greetings to those of you shivering in the frigid north lands!

The forecast for today is 70 and sunny! While Lisa and I have appreciated the milder winters here in Louisiana my blood has definitely thinned and those 30 degree Louisiana mornings feel like -5 back in Washington. Life here has been good the last couple weeks. Lisa continues here internship part time and is currently working by herself without oversight, and has enjoyed a little autonomy. I have continued to oversee the tool shed and have been enjoying the interaction with the short term volunteers.

In addition to working in the tool shed I have begun working more in the office calling homeowners with open work orders and asking if they are still in need of assistance. Talking with people still needing help has really renewed my motivation for why God has us here. Many people are still have not been able to repair their homes, but many have no resources to complete construction. The government assistance (known as Road Home, or LRA) has been very slow in coming and lots of homeowners had no insurance and are still waiting.

March is gearing up to be a crazy month. Two of the four weeks are scheduled to have nearly 250 volunteers coming down. This makes for a real busy month, but it's pretty encouraging to see that many people still being called down here by God even after the effects of the Hurricane have virtually disappeared from news coverage. Work has shifted dramatically from gutting (we are down to a dozen jobs or so) to primarily reconstruction.

Keep us in your prayers, all of us here on long term staff need direction for the present, and as many of us get ready to make plans for the future we could use guidance. Also, prayer for the month of March and a successful month would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for your support!


Steve & Lisa Nelson