The Gulf coast, one year later
A year ago, millions of lives were thrown into turmoil when Hurricane Katrina struck, driving people from their homes and wreaking havoc on New Orleans. InterVarsity staff were in the area at the time doing ministry work–and one year later, their ministry continues, and has even been revitalized by the tremendous challenges posed by the hurricane’s aftermath:
“It’s actually opening up good opportunities for us to do ministry in a different way,” [IV staffer Myron Crockett] says. “And to be more intricately involved in campus activities and reach out to more people.” […] As a native New Orleanian, Myron identifies with the loss and emptiness of the students. “Every area that I grew up in has been devastated,” he says. He’s heard professors comment “students are here physically, but they are vacant on the inside.”
Read the full account of the work that Crockett and others are doing to reach out to people still reeling from last year’s devastation.
