Month: June 2008

June flew by with about 600 volunteers here over the course of the last 4 weeks. Teams cleared property, set the pilings for a new house, framed another,…

We saw a lot of work accomplished in Lakeshore this week. Much of it came through the great group of folks from Saline Louisiana. They chronicled their trip…

Last week a team from Jones County Mississippi dug the holes for the pilings at the Dahl house. This week a team from Houston Texas has been concreting…

Since we do not have municipal water in Lakeshore, everyone has their own well. That means part of rebuilding someone’s home involves also building them a pump shed.…

We have a great group from Houston working with us this week. Nearly 90 strong, they have teams all over Lakeshore on about a half-dozen or more of…

We have hit the 400+ church mark of those visiting Lakeshore in the relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts. Actually the number probably hovers closer to 500 since I…

Hurricane Katrina hit on Monday August 29, 2005. That Saturday my dad, brother, and I made our way back to Lakeshore and snapped a few hundred pictures. I…

“The greatest cause in the world is joyfully rescuing people from hell, meeting their earthly needs, making them glad in God, and doing it with a kind, serious…

This week we have nearly 300 volunteers from the Jones County Baptist Association working here in Hancock County. About 150-180 are staying here at Lakeshore Baptist and the…