Disaster relief organizations from around the country have descended on Louisiana to help flood victims. That includes a large RV of chaplains.
Chaplain coordinator Carolin Perez drove from the Southeast Oklahoma town of Wister to help. She’s working with crisis-trained chaplains who’ve come from other states to provide emotional and spiritual support for flood victims.
Perez says the Charlotte, North Carolina-based Billy Graham Evangelistic Association sets up its mobile unit close to a disaster. It’s based now at Bellaire Baptist Church in Bossier City.
“It gives first responders and people who are working in the disaster area a place to come in for a hot cup of coffee, just to have a few minutes of quiet. We offer prayer for them,” Perez said.
Perez has been involved in about 20 disasters in the past four years and is ready to go a t a moment’s notice.
The Billy Graham Rapid Response team has more than 1,900 crisis-trained chaplains nationwide. It was formed after 9/11 with Hurricane Katrina being the first major deployment.
