A Threat of Rain

A busy afternoon today at Sacred Heart Church. Lunch today was a wonderful jambalaya served to us at the Boys & Girls club shelter. Feeling stuffed (most of us passed on the hoagies we had brought with us), we arrived at the Sacred Heart church where Lisa, one of the volunteers had made pralines for us.

This fueled us for a busy afternoon. I think we're starting to see more people who are reaching a low point in their mental health. We continue to provide immunizations and medication refills, but more primary care, and a growing amount of mental health.

The growing hurricane Rita is weighing heavy on all of us, Minnesotans and Louisianans alike. We have an evacuation plan, and they are starting to move people in shelters, but our risk is low. It's quite traumatic for the evacuees in the shelter, though. Having to evacuate again triggers PTSD symptoms in some, and reminds others that return to New Orleans is once again uncertain.

Tomorrow will be a busy day again, so I'm off to my cot on stage to sleep.

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