KATRINA - Report from Florida Prayer Network

From: Pam Olsen, President, Florida Prayer Network
Purpose Of FPN: Florida Prayer Network seeks to unite individuals, churches, and ministries to form a prayer network to seek God for the healing of our nation; to pray for revival: and to pray for the strengthening of families throughout Florida and our country. Through a united effort of prayer, our state and nation can be changed! "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much." James 5:16.

Dear Watchmen:
We have all been praying for the victims of Hurricane Katrina this past week and we need to continue to pray as people are rescued and relocated. We are thankful that after several days of prayer and waiting the granddaughter of one of our Florida Prayer Center's prayer warriors was located in Mississippi unharmed. We thank God for saving her! We are still trying to locate our Mississippi State Coordinator (anyone in MS who receives this alert please call us if you know Joan Simpson (from Ocean Springs, MS).

Below are prayer points and Christian organizations we respect and have worked with that you might want to consider giving a donation to help in their relief efforts. We must not forget that prayer and action go hand in hand. Please pray and volunteer to help in some way.

PRAYER POINTS

1. Please keep Louisiana (especially New Orleans), Mississippi and Alabama (parts of Florida were effected as well) in your prayers. Ask the Lord to have mercy on the people in these states.

2. Pray for the people who are still stranded that they will be rescued quickly.

3. Pray for the families that have been relocated to shelters throughout the country. Their whole lives have been affected. Pray for material needs to be met as well as spiritual needs. Pray as well for those who are returning home to try to salvage what is left and move forward.

4. Pray for the officials who are working throughout the areas to have great wisdom as to how to deal with all the needs. Pray for the police, fire and other rescue workers, as well as the National Guard troops, Coast Guard and other military and responders that have been set to the disaster areas.

5. Ask the Lord to grant wisdom to the engineers and all those working to repair the levees in New Orleans.

6. Pray for President Bush, the Head of FEMA, the Head of Homeland Security, the Governors of the Gulf States, mayors and city, county, and parish officials that they would have wisdom as they try to restore order and meet the needs of those affected.

7. Pray against the spirit of lawlessness that has griped New Orleans with looting and violence. Pray for restored order and peace.

8. Pray for relief agencies: Red Cross, Samaritans Purse, Somebody Cares America, churches and other agencies that volunteers and finances are available to get the job done. Pray for the hungry and homeless to find help.

9. Pray that their would not be an outbreak of dieses such as typhoid and cholera.

10. Pray that there are NO other hurricanes that hit our Nation during this hurricane season and pray against any possible terrorists attacks.

These are a few of the Christian Relief agencies that we recommend that will minister to the physical needs as well as the spiritual needs:

1. Somebody Cares America: Doug Stringer, President

Mailing Address:
PO Box 570007
Houston, Texas 77257-0007
Phone: 713.621.1498
http://www.somebodycares.org

2. Samaritan's Purse: Franklin Graham, President

Mailing address:
P. O. Box 3000
Boone, NC 28607
Phone: 828 262-1980
On line donations: https://www.samaritanspurse.org/Giving_Form_SSL.asp

3. North American Missions Board Disaster Relief Effort

North American Mission Board
P.O. Box 116543
Atlanta, GA 30368-6543

Make checks payable to the North American
Board (NAMB) and put "disaster relief" in the
memo line.

They are also coordinating prayer efforts across the nation to pray for and minister to the needs of the people affected by Hurricane Katrina. http://www.namb.net

4. Faith Family Church

Sr. Pastor Gordon Atwell, National Day of Prayer State Coordinator, is helping with relief efforts in Watson at his church and is working with other churches in the area to feed and clothe evacuees

Mailing address:
Faith Family Church
34401 Hwy 16
Watson, LA 70706

The President Has Called On All Americans To Help Those In Need As A Result Of Katrina.
Rebuilding the Gulf Coast will take time – and the resources of the American people and the Federal government will ensure that New Orleans will once again be a great city. American companies and individuals have already combined to donate nearly $200 million for relief and recovery. The President also announced a nationwide charitable effort led by former President Bush and former President Clinton to aid the Gulf Coast victims of Hurricane Katrina through the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund. Americans who wish to contribute can do so by contacting charities that are assisting with hurricane relief. For a listing of relief organizations, visit www.usafreedomcorps.gov. (not all of these agencies will minister to the spiritual needs of the people, but they will meet the physical needs)



Join Greater Calling to pray by phone for 5 minutes or 5 hours on September 6th which has been designated as a National Day of Prayer for the Hurricane victims:
Greater Calling will be supporting the National Day of Prayer on September 6 by offering non-stop conference call prayer for 15 hours. You can participate in the call to pray right from your own home or cell phone. Prayer Leaders will be hosting hundreds of callers in unified prayer for the victims of the hurricane and for the relief workers. You can join in by calling anytime between the hours of 8:00 AM Central Time (6 AM Pacific, 9 AM Eastern) and 11 PM Central Time (9 PM Pacific and 12 AM Eastern).

At the top of the hour and the half-hour, leaders will be reciting a specific prayer for the victims of this disaster, after which they will open the lines for live, interactive prayer. You can join for five minutes or stay on the line for hours…or even call in several times throughout the day. You choose what works best for you.

Each conference access code can accommodate 96 callers so if you get a busy signal, just dial back in with the same number, but try a different access code listed below. There is no charge for this service, but you may incur a long distance expense so we suggest you use the cheapest way you have to connect (cell phones do not charge a long distance fee and many phone company plans have unlimited long distance plans). You may also want to host a small group at your home and use a speaker phone to join a group of people to the call. Please let others know about this by giving out the number and pass code.

Number to Dial:
1-563-843-7429

Access Code:
7729# (PRAY#)
77291# (PRAY1#)
77292# (PRAY2#)
77293# (PRAY3#)

http://www.greatercalling.org/nationaldayofprayer.htm

UPDATE ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SUPPORT TO HURRICANE KATRINA RELIEF EFFORTS

This is an update I received this afternoon from the White House on Department of Defense support to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts as of 0600 from the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense.

Please keep these commanders and their efforts in prayers:

DoD Command and Control

NORTHCOM Commander: ADM Tim Keating, Colorado Springs, CO
JTF Katrina Commander: LTG Russel Honore, Camp Shelby, MS
JFCOM Standing HQ Commander: MajGen Jon Gallinetti, Baton Rouge, LA
JFT LA National Guard Commander: MG Bennett Landreneau, New Orleans, LA
JFT MS National Guard Commander: MG Harold Cross, Camp Shelby, MS
DoD Operational Highlights

49,098 Active Duty and National Guard personnel are on station
38,146 members of the National Guard from 42 states are assigned to relief operations in LA and MS, representing 42 states
National Guard units in 17 states on standby to assist
10,952 Active Duty personnel are on the ground providing support
12 US Naval ships and 3,255 Navy personnel are off the coast of LA and MS providing support
US Naval preventive medicine teams are en route
4,000 US Coast Guard personnel also providing support
374 DoD, US Coast Guard, and National Guard helicopters; and 76 DoD and National Guard fixed wing aircraft are assisting
963 total Search and Rescue, evacuation, and supply delivery missions have been flown by DoD - 537 in the past 24 hours.
15,165 personnel and 4,613 tons of relief supplies moved in LA and MS
75,000 people have been evacuated from the disaster area as of September 4
Air medical evacuation and Search and Rescue operations in New Orleans are now focused on the Algiers section of New Orleans where approximately 3,000 individuals need to be evacuated
Total DoD rescues, evacuations and patient treatments in New Orleans:
8,000+ patients transported
2,000+ people rescued
5,000+ patients treated
Maritime units supplied 78,000 gallons of fuel to hospitals, law enforcement, National Guard, and other critical government services
21 million Meals Ready to Eat (MREs) ordered by FEMA - 5.1 million received
The US Army Corps of Engineers performing de-watering operations in New Orleans with pumps and controlled levee breaches.
Two National Guard C-130 firefighting aircraft were diverted from wildland fire fighting in the northwestern United States to Pensacola, Fla., to support New Orleans fire fighting operations
Seven helicopters also preparing to conduct fire fighting operations in New Orleans
Secretary of Transportation is requesting Secretary of Defense concurrence to utilize four of the maritime Ready Reserve Fleet ships as temporary housing for relief workers
Received a request from FEMA for communications support for the City of New Orleans Police Department to facilitate communications and enhance security and law enforcement
Medical

745 hospital beds available at New Orleans International Airport: (25), USS Bataan (360) and USS Iwo Jima (360) - 500 more beds en route to New Orleans
Air Force will increase capability and provide an 85 bed mobile hospital unit and air logistics support at Alexandria Airport, currently a staging area for rescue operations
10 federal medical shelters (250 beds each) established at DoD installations: Elgin AFB, Fla. (2); Fort Polk, La. (4); and Meridian Naval Air Station, Mississippi (4)
Total patients treated by DoD: 5,070
Links: (bio of ASD McHale) http://www.defenselink.mil/bios/asdhd_bio.html

(note: including in the update but not the text of this message is a chart showing DoD assets on station.

Thank you for being watchmen on the wall and standing in prayer for America and for those in need across the Gulf Coast! Don't grow weary, stay alert! Join us in prayer at the Florida Prayer Center in Tallahassee for prayer for the people affected by Hurricane Katrina www.floridaprayercenter.org for updated schedule.

Stand Strong Florida...on your knees!

Florida Prayer Network can be reached at fpn@floridaprayer.org or you can call (850) 906-9170. Please visit our WEB SITE: www.floridaprayer.org . You can write us at FPN, P.O.Box 14017 Tallahassee, FL. 32317. Pam Olsen, FPN's President is the National Area Leader of the Southeast Region of the United States for the National Day of Prayer Task Force. Please contact us if you have a prayer event or request that effect the state or nation. Please pass this alert on to others in your prayer groups and churches. If you would like to be removed from this alert list please contact us. Please let us know how we can serve you in your prayer efforts. FPN is a 501 (C) (3) ministry, donations are tax deductible and can be sent to the above address. Please pray for our efforts to touch Florida for Jesus Christ.

Join us in prayer at the Florida Prayer Center, check www.floridaprayercenter.org for updated schedule.

Sincerely and Prayerfully in Christ,
Pam Olsen, President, Florida Prayer Network

Florida Prayer Network
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