Comments on: A Forgotten Mission? http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/ The humble thoughts of a simple fisherman and fisher of men ... Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:23:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Geoff http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-827 Geoff Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:01:38 +0000 http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-827 Linda, Welcome to "Along the Shore!" How did you find me? :) Great testimony from your church! There is absolutely no substitute for loading up the trucks and going to serve, is there? We Christians (esp. Southern Baptists) need to learn that our missions responsibility never ends at the offering plate. Geoff Linda,
Welcome to “Along the Shore!” How did you find me? :)

Great testimony from your church! There is absolutely no substitute for loading up the trucks and going to serve, is there?

We Christians (esp. Southern Baptists) need to learn that our missions responsibility never ends at the offering plate.

Geoff

]]> By: Linda http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-825 Linda Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:59:04 +0000 http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-825 Geoff, Our church also be will be working in Zone 4 the 1st week of June. Personally this will be my 3rd time down to work disaster relief since Katrina. First time down, we were 1st into Long Beach/Gulf Port MS. Second time was Biloxi MS. Then in June last year our church sent a team down to New Orleans. I did not get to go with them because I was recovering from an illness. But I am very excited to get to go back down there. For far too long our churches had the mind set that they were mission minded, because they sent money to missions. I'm glad to see that more churches are truly becoming mission hands on. HIS HANDS! Geoff,

Our church also be will be working in Zone 4 the 1st week of June. Personally this will be my 3rd time down to work disaster relief since Katrina. First time down, we were 1st into Long Beach/Gulf Port MS. Second time was Biloxi MS. Then in June last year our church sent a team down to New Orleans. I did not get to go with them because I was recovering from an illness. But I am very excited to get to go back down there.
For far too long our churches had the mind set that they were mission minded, because they sent money to missions.
I’m glad to see that more churches are truly becoming mission hands on.
HIS HANDS!

]]> By: Geoff http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-813 Geoff Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:05:48 +0000 http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-813 Kat, Awesome ministry! i have never heard of them. i added the site to my links. Geoff Kat,
Awesome ministry! i have never heard of them. i added the site to my links.

Geoff

]]> By: Kat http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-812 Kat Sat, 03 Mar 2007 02:46:24 +0000 http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-812 Geoff- A good example of Christians working together during disasters is found on the Fellowship of Christian Farmers website at http://www.fcfi.org/ They sent teams of people, supplies & money to rebuild farmer's fences in Louisiana after Hurricane Rita. They airlifted hay out to the Oklahoma panhandle, Colorado & New Mexico after the devastating blizzards earlier this year. The national director of FCF told us that many of the Louisiana farmers were just amazed that Christians were willing to put their muscle where their mouth is and give up time and money to come and work rebuilding their fences. Those work teams earned the right to tell the reason for "the hope within them". FCF also tells the "good news" at farm shows & expos thoughout the US and Canada. Volunteers hand out gospel walking sticks (also made by volunteers) and explain God's gracious salvation through Jesus Christ. None of this is funded by either the government or a denominational church. Only a handful of people in the entire organization are salaried, and their headquarters is a small operation in central Illinois. If you have people looking for a place to put feet on their faith, they'd love to hear from you. Kat Geoff-
A good example of Christians working together during disasters is found on the Fellowship of Christian Farmers website at http://www.fcfi.org/
They sent teams of people, supplies & money to rebuild farmer’s fences in Louisiana after Hurricane Rita. They airlifted hay out to the Oklahoma panhandle, Colorado & New Mexico after the devastating blizzards earlier this year. The national director of FCF told us that many of the Louisiana farmers were just amazed that Christians were willing to put their muscle where their mouth is and give up time and money to come and work rebuilding their fences. Those work teams earned the right to tell the reason for “the hope within them”.
FCF also tells the “good news” at farm shows & expos thoughout the US and Canada. Volunteers hand out gospel walking sticks (also made by volunteers) and explain God’s gracious salvation through Jesus Christ.
None of this is funded by either the government or a denominational church. Only a handful of people in the entire organization are salaried, and their headquarters is a small operation in central Illinois. If you have people looking for a place to put feet on their faith, they’d love to hear from you.
Kat

]]> By: Geoff http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-811 Geoff Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:54:57 +0000 http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-811 Debbie, I don't think there is a comprehensive answer to address the scope of the problem revealed (not necessarily caused) by Hurricane Katrina. I sincerely believe that one of the main problems IS the government. Our socialistic welfare system has created a poverty-ensnared entitlement class that knows little of how to care for itself in a lawful manner. The anarchy in N.O. demonstrated that in the days after the storm. Indeed, I worked last year in Port Arthur, Texas, which was hit a couple of weeks after Katrina by Rita. There were actually people there who refused help on their homes. They didn't want to fix their damage. They were working on the assumption that the government was going to come and build them a new house. How sad... But, I didn't mean to digress into one of my diatribes against the welfare state. ;) Debbie, we can do incredible things without the involvement of the government. We cannot fix every home and restore every single family ... but we can help many of them... by going and reaching out (like in the old starfish story)to one person and one family at a time. Debbie,

I don’t think there is a comprehensive answer to address the scope of the problem revealed (not necessarily caused) by Hurricane Katrina. I sincerely believe that one of the main problems IS the government. Our socialistic welfare system has created a poverty-ensnared entitlement class that knows little of how to care for itself in a lawful manner. The anarchy in N.O. demonstrated that in the days after the storm.

Indeed, I worked last year in Port Arthur, Texas, which was hit a couple of weeks after Katrina by Rita. There were actually people there who refused help on their homes. They didn’t want to fix their damage. They were working on the assumption that the government was going to come and build them a new house. How sad… But, I didn’t mean to digress into one of my diatribes against the welfare state. ;)

Debbie, we can do incredible things without the involvement of the government. We cannot fix every home and restore every single family … but we can help many of them… by going and reaching out (like in the old starfish story)to one person and one family at a time.

]]> By: Debbie Kaufman http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-810 Debbie Kaufman Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:44:50 +0000 http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-810 Geoff: I am so glad you wrote on this subject. It seems that we have forgotten. I agree with everything that you have said. I just wish there was an answer without government being involved or not involved as the case may be. Geoff: I am so glad you wrote on this subject. It seems that we have forgotten. I agree with everything that you have said. I just wish there was an answer without government being involved or not involved as the case may be.

]]> By: Geoff http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-809 Geoff Fri, 02 Mar 2007 18:03:12 +0000 http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-809 Kevin, My family has deep emotional ties to the Gulf. We have been going down there two or three times a year for years now. In fact, when we worked in Pascagoula, we actually stayed at Dauphin Island BC. So, we were in the Mobile area ... though we took the "back roads" through Forrest Gump's old stomping grounds to get to Pascagoula. Ivan destroyed the house that we always rented at Perdido Key. We had reservations for Dauphin Island for October '05, then Katrina washed that house away. Sorry to hear that things could not work out for you down there. Geoff Kevin,
My family has deep emotional ties to the Gulf. We have been going down there two or three times a year for years now.

In fact, when we worked in Pascagoula, we actually stayed at Dauphin Island BC. So, we were in the Mobile area … though we took the “back roads” through Forrest Gump’s old stomping grounds to get to Pascagoula.

Ivan destroyed the house that we always rented at Perdido Key. We had reservations for Dauphin Island for October ‘05, then Katrina washed that house away.

Sorry to hear that things could not work out for you down there.

Geoff

]]> By: kevin bussey http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-808 kevin bussey Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:40:33 +0000 http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-808 Yes Bob is correct. I lived in Mobile and lived through Ivan, Dennis and Katrina. The insurance industry killed us financially (no offense Bob). They have this crazy policy now called a "hurricane deductible." It is 2% of the value of your home. So We were out $4K per hurricane no matter what. For various reasons--hurricane and bad church situation, we left broken and broke. I do have a soft spot for those poor people who can't scrape up the deductible. Yes Bob is correct.

I lived in Mobile and lived through Ivan, Dennis and Katrina.

The insurance industry killed us financially (no offense Bob).

They have this crazy policy now called a “hurricane deductible.” It is 2% of the value of your home.

So We were out $4K per hurricane no matter what. For various reasons–hurricane and bad church situation, we left broken and broke.

I do have a soft spot for those poor people who can’t scrape up the deductible.

]]> By: Bob Cleveland http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-807 Bob Cleveland Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:03:21 +0000 http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-807 Geoff: Kevin can answer for himself, if they'll let him out long enough to get to something electrical, but I'm pretty sure he was in Mobile, AL then. That must have been it. After all, he's been to Dreamland. Geoff: Kevin can answer for himself, if they’ll let him out long enough to get to something electrical, but I’m pretty sure he was in Mobile, AL then.

That must have been it. After all, he’s been to Dreamland.

]]> By: Geoff Baggett http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-806 Geoff Baggett Fri, 02 Mar 2007 13:54:18 +0000 http://geoffbaggett.wordpress.com/2007/03/01/a-forgotten-mission/#comment-806 David, I'm posting from a remote, undisclosed location ... so no picture with my post today. ;) The situation remains horrible down there. I recommend that your church consider another visit. You can contact the TBC and they will get you connected with their particular work zone in New Orleans. It's an inexpensive, high-impact missions opportunity. Geoff David,
I’m posting from a remote, undisclosed location … so no picture with my post today. ;)

The situation remains horrible down there. I recommend that your church consider another visit. You can contact the TBC and they will get you connected with their particular work zone in New Orleans. It’s an inexpensive, high-impact missions opportunity.

Geoff

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