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Good Deeds Don't Go Unnoticed
The following letter was sent to FUMA after a young lady was searching the internet for an event being held in Slidell, LA. Last year a team of FUMA faculty and staff went to the Gulf Coast to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. A year later they are thanked for their efforts and sacrifice.
Dear FUMA:
I was searching for some information on an event here in Slidell when I came across your story posted on the website. You described your time spent here in Slidell while you were helping out in the clean up after Hurricane Katrina. I have to admit it still brings tears to my eyes to know that so many wonderful people from all over reached out to help in our time of need. I had actually evacuated the day before the storm and spent 2 months with my sister in Florida so I had no knowledge of what my home town looked like or if I even had a home to come back to. The time away seemed like an eternity and the news never seemed to show what I needed to know. When I finally did make the drive home it was probably the saddest day I experienced in years. I had to make my way on I-10 along the Gulf Coast in order to get home. The devastation that far inland was incredible. When I finally arrived in Slidell and saw all the debris and felt such a heavy sense of heartache in the air I just cried. Imagine the joy I felt when I pulled into the driveway of my home which was still there! The only scars were those covered by blue tarps on my roof and I lost all of my trees which had been chopped up and moved to the side of the street. I felt incredibly blessed and so overwhelmingly guilty for rejoicing when so many people lost pretty much everything.
I guess no one will ever truly understand the full magnitude of the destruction here unless they see it in person. Slidell is coming along very well. We're a little over populated with all the people from the New Orleans and Mississippi areas. But we always have room to grow. It seems like people have picked up their lives and started fresh. What I have enjoyed most is seeing how we're helping each other more. That seems to be something people just don't have time for anymore. It makes us realize that life is precious and we need to appreciate each other while we're here.
I just wanted to take this time to tell you and your group thank you for taking time out of your lives to come here and help us. Even though we never met I feel that it is a great honor to have had all of you here. Bless you all for everything you brought to the lives of everyone you touched.
Take care,
Stacey
Posted by Elizabeth Liles, Tuesday, October 24, 2006 11:12 AM
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