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Baptist students aid Louisiana flood survivors

John Whitehead woke to an unfamiliar sight in mid-August — water had breached his house and was rising fast. The Louisiana State University student panicked for a few minutes, facing tough decisions. What should he save and what should he leave behind?

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Carmen Sisson September 6, 2016 August 17, 2017Recent Bylines disaster, disaster response, flood, Louisiana, North American Mission Board, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief 0

Southern Baptists bring stability to flood survivors

Every day, assessors walk the streets, attempting to find the most vulnerable people with the greatest need. And every day, volunteers don their gloves and get to work, crawling around on a mud-slicked floor or hauling sodden carpet to the curb for trash pickup.

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Carmen Sisson August 31, 2016 August 16, 2017Recent Bylines disaster, disaster response, flood, Louisiana, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief 0

Baptist volunteers witness power of community

Driving the streets of Baton Rouge, the need is apparent. Life is slowly getting back to normal in some places, but the majority of streets hold deep pockets of pain. In these areas, SBDR volunteers are greeted with smiles, tears and heartfelt gratitude.

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Carmen Sisson August 25, 2016 August 16, 2017Recent Bylines disaster, disaster response, flood, Louisiana, North American Mission Board, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief 0

Louisiana flood survivors helped by Southern Baptists

Neighborhoods and side streets tell a heartbreaking story. Clothes, mattresses and household furniture lay strewn across wet lawns in hopes that the sun will shine long enough to dry them. Everything that was not salvageable is piled high along the roadways, transforming shady lanes to narrow pathways, children’s toys providing the occasional jolt of color.

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Carmen Sisson August 22, 2016 August 16, 2017Recent Bylines Baptist, faith-based charities, flood, Louisiana, religion, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, weather 0

New Orleans takes fight against homelessness to the streets

homeless man and outreach worker

Outreach teams load their vans with granola bars and water and head into the dark, armed with nothing more than flashlights, clipboards, and hand sanitizer. They search the streets in the daytime, looking for signs of life such as bedrolls. At night, they return, hoping to find the owners. Sometimes they are asked to leave; other times, they are hailed as angels of mercy.

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Carmen Sisson December 22, 2015 January 30, 2016Recent Bylines Christian Science Monitor, homelessness, Louisiana, New Orleans, South, UNITY 0

Mardi Gras on Grand Isle amid oil spill remnants

BP oil spill signs

Tangled ropes of purple, gold and green beads sailed through the air, landing with a thwack on Louisiana Highway 1 on Sunday afternoon. If ever a town needed Mardi Gras, it is Grand Isle — the first populated piece of U.S. territory to see oil make land following the April 20, 2010, explosion of the Deepwater Horizon.

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Carmen Sisson March 12, 2011 August 16, 2014Recent Bylines BP oil spill, Deepwater Horizon, Grand Isle, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Mardi Gras, oil spill, TIME 1
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