Feeling Helpless

It has been a long time since I have kept a diary of any sort, just a few ramblings in word documents on my computer, so here is my attempt to put my thoughts in one place. I don't know if I will actually share this with anyone else, but who knows.

My heart has felt really heavy the last several days. It is so hard for me to watch the news or read the newspaper anymore. Complete chaos and lawlessness in New Orleans. So many people in need and I feel helpless. People dying on the streets with no one to retrieve their bodies, girls getting raped in the shelters, groups of citizens armed with guns and looting the city. How will that area of our country ever recover?? I cannot begin to imagine the loss that they feel. I know God tells us to never lose hope, but it would be so hard. . . I wish I could do something, or even just be able to talk and comfort those suffering. Pete McTier, the Foundations' president, has been on the phone all week and just got back from a meeting with the United Way and Salvation Army to decide Atlanta' s plan of action. I am glad to be a part of an organization that can do something about the great monetary need. 500 refugees are coming to Georgia Tech's basketball coliseum this evening. I think Paul and I are going to lend a hand to that effort. At least that will be something. . . I know Bush is getting a lot of criticism right now for not responding fast enough, but how does one respond? How are you supposed to organize and coordinate when the need is so great and unlike nothing our country has ever seen before? It is going to take lots of time and money and I hate that so many people are going to suffer in the meantime.