{"id":36368,"date":"2016-09-04T13:11:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-04T19:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=36368"},"modified":"2016-09-04T13:11:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T19:11:13","slug":"mormon-helping-hands-clean-out-flooded-homes-in-louisiana-plus-a-note-on-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/mormon-helping-hands-clean-out-flooded-homes-in-louisiana-plus-a-note-on-africa.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mormon Helping Hands Clean Out Flooded Homes in Louisiana&#8221; (Plus a Note on Africa)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36369\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36369\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2016\/09\/1-lenyenye.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-36369\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-36369\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/186\/2016\/09\/1-lenyenye.jpg\" alt=\"Somewhere in the Limpopo region\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lenyenye (Wikimedia Commons)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a wonderful video report, posted before the weekend, of the rather massive Mormon Helping Hands effort following major flooding in Louisiana:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mormonnewsroom.org\/article\/mormon-helping-hands-flooded-homes-louisiana\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.mormonnewsroom.org\/article\/mormon-helping-hands-flooded-homes-louisiana<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You might also look at Saturday\u2019s report about the clean-up in Saturday\u2019s edition of the Church News:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-headline\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deseretnews.com\/article\/865661493\/Mormon-Helping-Hands-show-up-by-the-thousands-to-help-with-Louisiana-floods.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cMormon Helping Hands show up by the thousands to help with Louisiana floods\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve posted on this topic before, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/louisiana-love-displayed-to-over-6000-mormon-helping-hands.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/09\/louisianas-governor-praises-mormons-i-have-no-doubt-god-sent-you-here.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and recently posted a general observation about LDS humanitarian efforts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2016\/08\/useful-data-on-the-scope-of-lds-humanitarian-efforts.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, while I\u2019m at it, here\u2019s a charming little piece from, I believe, the Limpopo region of South Africa:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/letabaherald.co.za\/27024\/church-members-help-erect-fence-at-drop-centre\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/letabaherald.co.za\/27024\/church-members-help-erect-fence-at-drop-centre\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s something from a senior LDS missionary couple who are apparently serving in the same general area:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hallsoutofafrica.blogspot.com\/2016\/04\/april-2016-welcome-to-another-edition.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/hallsoutofafrica.blogspot.com\/2016\/04\/april-2016-welcome-to-another-edition.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Here\u2019s a wonderful video report, posted before the weekend, of the rather massive Mormon Helping Hands effort following major flooding in Louisiana: \u00a0 http:\/\/www.mormonnewsroom.org\/article\/mormon-helping-hands-flooded-homes-louisiana \u00a0 You might also look at Saturday\u2019s report about the clean-up in Saturday\u2019s edition of the Church News: \u00a0 \u201cMormon Helping Hands show up by the thousands to help 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