Lake County volunteers
offer heavenly response
By Barbara Denman
PENSACOLA
(FBC)—Mere mortals arrived on Buddy Street Sept. 21 to
help the southwest Pensacola neighborhood recover from the
damage caused by Hurricane Ivan. But to Elizabeth Carroll,
“the Lord sent in His angels.”
Director of missions
broken hearted at Ivan’s devastation of beloved city
By Barbara Denman
PENSACOLA
(FBC)—Bob Greene walked along the same paths he did as
a teenager last week, crossed sidewalks where he had played
and looked on the church where he was called to preach as
a high school senior. So much of his life—and heart—is
wrapped up in the water-framed city on the hill by the bay.
“It takes your breath away to see the destruction and
breaks my heart to see the grief of our people,” he said.
Southern
Baptists relief workers feed Panhandle’s hungry residents
By Barbara Denman
JACKSONVILLE
(FBC)—The Georgia Baptist feeding unit arrived at Gulf
Breeze Elementary School on Tuesday morning Sept. 21 and
immediately began serving as many as 4,000 meals a day—many
to persons who walked up and stood in line.
Oklahoma
volunteers bring hope to Olive community
By Barbara Denman
PENSACOLA
(FBC)—Merle Pershall was working the feeding line at
Olive Baptist Church like a stand-up comedian working a
crowd, dishing out bottled water from a huge steel bowl,
taking snack treats to the boys and girls standing in the
hot sun, offering wide smiles to parents and words of encouragement
to seniors. His routine almost took away the sting at having
to stand in the heat of the noon day for nearly an hour
to get a hot meal.
Faith
begins to bubble as Floridians go from “unbelief to shock”
By BARBARA DENMAN
PENSCOLA
(FBW)—Pensacola, the gleaming seaport on a hill that
for centuries opened its emerald rivers and tributaries to
sailors and seafarers, lies battered and bruised, the victim
of an unwelcome and angry guest from the sea.
Southern
Baptists offer relief after Ivan strikes Pensacola
By BARBARA DENMAN
PENSACOLA (FBC)—Forty-eight hours after the
winds died down following the Sept. 15 landfall of Hurricane
Ivan, Southern Baptist relief workers from Oklahoma were
feeding hundreds their first full meal at Pensacola’s
Olive Baptist Church.
