I, my family, and my friends are fine. To those of you I have not been able to call or write to in some time, I am sorry. My time has been split between securing my family and helping people through my work.

The stories you hear about civil unrest and riots are not false, and are not fiction. People are being murdered and raped in shelters set up for the victims of New Orleans. I have personally witnessed fights in Wal-Mart and grocery stories. Police officers who are friends of mine have called me to tell me that denials of such activity are, in many cases, lies used to pacify the public and prevent the spread of these atrocities.

The latest reports I have heard from an deputy friend in Gonzales tell of car-jackings and home invasions. Two churches that have opened their doors to refugees have had to close them again because church workers have been assaulted.

I have seen some of these things myself, others are reported from what I believe to be reliable sources. If even a quarter of the things I believe to be true are, then things here are horrible, horrible, horrible.

Please remember us in your prayers and thoughts. Please remember that some of the good and bad things you are hearing from this area are not true. Please remember that things here are at least as bad as the news reports.

God Bless you all until I am able to write again:

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