So here we are, back in Cape Girardeau at St. Mark's Lutheran Church on La Croix street or something ridiculous like that. Today, after leaving Mobile around 7:30 we hit the road and headed to Pass Christian Mississipi to survey some of the old damage. It's amazing. After a year and a half, it still looks like the hurricane hit only weeks ago in some places. Wireless poles remain stranded two hundred yards out in the gulf. The beaches are closed because the boardwalk is still in shambles and there's debris in the water. I'd hate to see the state of New Orleans.
This week's been a real eye opener for me. And I've started to realize more and more that being a Christian has nothing to do with telling other people how to live or even believing in the right things. It's loving people and helping the helpless. There are thousands of people along the coast who didn't have a way to bathe for months. I get grouchy if I don't get a shower every day. After the ice storm in early January, my family was without power for a week. The people down here were without power for a bit longer than that. Boo hoo, poor Becky. Being a Christian isn't about you. It's about other people and your relationship to them. We're all connected to each other through an infinite web. We all sleep under the same sky and the oceans all blend into each other.
This week I was forced to forget about my own stupid problems and help some other people deal with theirs. It feels kind of nice to forget about yourself. And I like to think that if I ever needed other people, they would help me out too. We don't have to sit around complaining about how the world is going bad. We can get off our butts and be the ones who prove the naysayers wrong. There is good left in the world, if we take the time to notice it. And kindness is just as contagious as laughter. And boy I can tell you after this week, laughter is pretty stinking contagious.
Welp, that's about all I got for now.
-Miss Becky-
p.s. Shout out to Burb! Hugs and love from Missouri!
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