From The Rebuild Lakeshore Blog:
Istrouma Baptist Disaster Relief on the Gulf Coast
For the last 3 Thursdays, a volunteer chainsaw crew from Istrouma Baptist Church has made their way from Baton Rouge to Lakeshore to lend a hand in our clean-up efforts. The Disaster Relief Ministry , led by William Davis began this year amid a very active Gulf Coast hurricane season. The team not only removed…
Hurricane Zeta Disaster Relief Food Give-Away
Lakeshore Baptist Church continues to minister tangible help and hope in the name of Christ, despite damage to their own church building. Securing pallets of Disaster Relief food boxes from Feeding the Gulf Coast, we distributed hundreds of pounds of nonperishable groceries following Hurricane Zeta.
Hurricane Zeta Damages Mississippi Gulf Coast Church Buildings
Hurricane Zeta hit Lakeshore Baptist Church hard and left extensive damage to our buildings. The toppled steeple caved in a portion of the roof, cracked several trusses, and did major damage as it fell. The high winds downed trees all over the church campus, stripped shingles off the church building, office, and bunk house, knocked…
Community Book Fair Outreach
Literacy is a gospel issue. God chose to reveal Himself through the written Word. We are “People of the Book.” Christians have always been advocates of reading, so it was natural for us to stand in that tradition with this great event we had last week. On January 20, 2020 Lakeshore Baptist Church hosted a…
A Blaise of Glory
It was great to see our good friend Blaise Dornisch today. He and his crew rode their bikes all the way from PA. Blaise made dozens of trips down to the gulf coast after Katrina, bringing relief supplies and assistance. He has been a tremendous blessing over the years. It was a joy to show…
Mud Out Supplies
When doing mud-out work after a flood event, we have found these things very useful.
Spring Break at the County Dump
While Spring Break often conjures images of sun screen and lounge chairs, for these Texas students, spring break involved bug spray and visions of a landfill. Last Monday, the student ministry of Lifepoint Fellowship (McKinney,TX) spent the day with us, cleaning up the construction debris from the previous week. They also removed the winter plastic…
The Pastor’s Porch
This Kentucky crew, led by my good friend Tommy Floyd, has made numerous trips over the years to the gulf coast. I lost count of how many homes they framed up following Hurricane Katrina. Their ability to work together and accomplish so much, in less than a week has become legendary in our Rebuild Lakeshore…
Puerto Rico 2019 – Hermanos en una misión
God greatly blessed our 2019 Mission Trip to Puerto Rico. My two brothers, Keith Elbourne and David Elbourne accompanied me on this trip. What a joy it was to spend time with them and accomplish this good work for the glory of Christ. Our main mission was to bring a particular blessing to my good…