Churches from all over the country have been sending members to help clean up and restore New Orleans and the many neighborhoods that were nearly destroyed. We are partnering with other Lutheran churches in San Diego to send our own mission to New Orleans this summer. Last summer we found the experience to be both hot & sweaty, and inexplicably rewarding and uplifting. How can people whose lives were so devastated tell you with such sincerity that they continue to love God? Such faith as this will be the thing that rebuilds New Orleans.
Join us. Last summer our group was made up of 13 year old to 72 year old, men and women. We are sponsored and directed by AngelCare, a non-profit that organizes missions to far off lands as a specialty. We welcome young and old. For teen aged sons and daughters this is a chance for adventure and to experience a selfless act of giving with a strong arm and willing heart.
We'll travel to New Orleans by plane and live at Bethlehem Lutheran during our stay. We'll work on houses that need new wall studs, drywall, exterior siding, base boards, new doors, new kitchen floors, that need yards cleared of weeds, garbage and debris, that need porches repainted. There will be work for skilled and unskilled. Fund raising activities and scholarships are planned to defray as much of the cost as possible. You don't have to be Lutheran. You have only to answer a simple question in your own heart...am I to love my neighbor as I love myself?
For information about the trip, upcoming fund raising events, or to donate to the scholarship fund contact: Ray Gerding or Janet Grosser
AngelCare is a qualified 501 (C)(3) organization (www.angelcare.org). Ascension Lutheran is a member of the ELCA and holds out an open welcome to all. Drop by some Sunday and enjoy a cup of coffee with some old friends you'll be meeting for the first time.