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September 09, 2005
Hurricane Relief
Dear friends
I know that all of you have been affected deeply, as we have by the devastation caused by hurricane Katrina and have probably wondered how you can help and what would be the best way to help those affected by this disaster. The American Red Cross in doing a fine job of stepping in with immediate help with physical needs such as food and especially drinkable water. This is certainly a worthy organization. As Laurie and I have thought about what would be the best way to help we decided that we do want to help, but also we would like to be able to give through an organization that will represent Jesus Christ through the help that is given. We would like to have an eternal as well as a temporal impact with our gift. With that in mind we would like to recomend to you two organizations that have significant contacts in the affected areas. The first is CAM International. This is the mission with which we are associated. CAM is invloved with a number of churches in the Southern US doing church planting and leadership development among the thousands of Hispanics living in this area. The second is Dallas Theological Seminary (my alma mater). Dallas Seminary has a number of graduates serving as pastors of churches in this area and are deeply involved in the lives of the people and the communities. These are both worthy organizations and deserve your support. Donations to either of these excellent organization will have eternal as well as temporal impact.
CAM International has a link on their home page, www.caminternational.org, to an official statement. http://caminternational.gospelcom.net/katrina/index.html The statement includes a link for donations to the Hurricane Katrina Recovery fund through paypal.
You can also find more information and give through Dallas Seminary at www.dts.edu.
Blessings
Alvin & Laurie
