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Part of an email I received from Southern Baptist Disaster Relief the day before Gustav came ashore...

Southern Baptist liaisons are located at the National Headquarters
for American Red Cross and the Department of Homeland Security, Federal
Emergency Management Agency in Washington, D. C. They will assist in providing
close coordination and communication with these agencies. American Red Cross has
also provided a liaison to the North American Mission Board’s Disaster
Operation Center (DOC) located in Alpharetta, Ga.

Meals are currently being prepared by Southern Baptist Feeding Units
at shelters housing evacuees in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky,
Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and, Texas. Chaplains are serving with the
Feeding Units to provide ministry and support for the evacuees and volunteers.

A combined capacity of more than 575,000 meals per day has been
activated and has begun moving toward the anticipated impact area. A total of 39
Feeding Units from 23 Baptist state conventions are moving toward the central
Gulf Coast and are expected to arrive over the next three days. Each Feeding
Unit will be accompanied by chainsaw, communication, and shower units as well as
Disaster Relief trained chaplains. A conservative estimate is that more than
4,000 Southern Baptist volunteers will be traveling with these units.

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When you hear on TV that the Red Cross served xx-thousand meals during a disaster, 90% of the meals are prepared by Baptists, with Lutherans, Catholics and Mormons rounding up the rest. The Red Cross does provide all of the food by various means.

May you never require their services...although the food ain't bad...