The following post was written by my daughter, Alexis, when she was 14. She is now 17 and looks back on her mission experiences to post-Katrina New Orleans with love and appreciation. Here she will tell about one man who we helped, E.J. Danner. E.J. recently passed away so I hold this post as a tribute to him and in memory of this great American Marine. -Gene “Therefore go and make disciples of all the nations.” That is a very high demand for eleven people to take on. However, those eleven disciples did a wonderful job of spreading the word and love of the Lord Jesus Christ. I have been made a disciple through many different experiences. I was practically born in the church. I was baptized, went to little kids Sunday school, then later Cross-Way Jr. Highs where I had many enriching experiences, I became commissioned into an official member of the church, now I’m in Sr. Highs and I almost always attend big church. I even go to a Christian school. Despite all of these experiences, the one that has called me to be a disciple of Jesus the most is mission trips. This past June, my dad who is 45, Joe Brown who is 75, and myself who is 14 decided we would go down to New Orleans on a mission trip. This was one of the best decisions we could have made. I was not sure at first if I really wanted to go.
OK, big deal, you’re a Christian. God is in your heart…now what?
Loves Like a Hurricane is the true story of a Catholic turned agnostic turned Christian through a wild web of odd encounters while running from a hurricane-like God. The journey carries you down many paths while God whispers and shapes a young heart until He kicks the door wide open with a disaster of biblical proportion, changing everything.
Loves Like a Hurricane is a hard hitting, feet to the fire tapestry that will make you laugh, cry and force you to think about how you will respond when God whispers your name. It reveals how God’s loving grace turns apathy into compassion into action.
Yes, BIG DEAL, you’re a Christian…now do something about it!
