Upon arrival at Rick’s house in North Fort Meyers, Ellen, Rick and I unloaded muck out buckets, ice, gas, tarps and a new generator. I grabbed some coffee and breakfast then headed to Immokalee to meet Lupita at her home.
From there we went to Missio Peniel pantry to drop off all food supplies, more ice, buckets and tarps. We immediately hit the ground and started accessing the local area. We did find an enormous amount of damage mostly clean up type stuff. We cut a few trees off fences, surveyed some damage to the mission an helped prop up a fence at Lupita’s mothers home. Pretty much what you might expect. Long day.
We were up early and headed up to Arcadia to meet Adriana, who helps with the mission. We met at her mother and father’s home and began the survey. Totally different situation up here. Lots of standing water, home damage and thousands of downed trees and still no power. This is a very underserved out of the way area with mostly Latinos, African Americans and Haitians. We were able to give out ice, tarps, buckets and cut down a few trees. A very needy area but could be logistically challenging. But a great fit. From there we took a ride up to Wauchula. Other than flooding in the town it self, it seemed to have fared well.
We need your prayers and financial support. For all affected, but especially the people in Arcadia. We greatly appreciate all the donations!
