Comments on: First Baptist Church of Gulfport After Hurricane Katrina http://nathansprayer.com/2009/09/03/first-baptist-church-of-gulfport-after-hurricane-katrina/ Hope for Children with Congenital Heart Defects Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:25:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Karen http://nathansprayer.com/2009/09/03/first-baptist-church-of-gulfport-after-hurricane-katrina/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Karen Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:45:55 +0000 http://nathansprayer.com/?p=2105#comment-143 I'm sure it was heart-breaking for church leadership to give up their beautiful church by the sea, but undoubtedly, they had to make decisions based on practicality. Martha, I am so sorry to hear of your father's diagnosis. I lost my dad about a month before Katrina, so I know the letting-go part is tough. There were things I wanted to say to my dad, but I knew I couldn't express myself without getting emotional, so I wrote him a long letter citing favorite memories. I learned recently that he took my hand-written letter, typed it, and showed it to visiting friends. I’m sure it was heart-breaking for church leadership to give up their beautiful church by the sea, but undoubtedly, they had to make decisions based on practicality.

Martha, I am so sorry to hear of your father’s diagnosis. I lost my dad about a month before Katrina, so I know the letting-go part is tough. There were things I wanted to say to my dad, but I knew I couldn’t express myself without getting emotional, so I wrote him a long letter citing favorite memories. I learned recently that he took my hand-written letter, typed it, and showed it to visiting friends.

]]> By: Martha http://nathansprayer.com/2009/09/03/first-baptist-church-of-gulfport-after-hurricane-katrina/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Martha Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:19:58 +0000 http://nathansprayer.com/?p=2105#comment-142 I think the photos of this church were some of the most moving. It looked just like this when my boys were there eight months later. We have pictures too. Please keep us in prayer as my father has been diagnosed with cancer and given only a short time to live. He is looking forward to meeting Jesus and we are preparing to let him go... I think the photos of this church were some of the most moving. It looked just like this when my boys were there eight months later. We have pictures too.

Please keep us in prayer as my father has been diagnosed with cancer and given only a short time to live. He is looking forward to meeting Jesus and we are preparing to let him go…

]]> By: pianoplayer0506 http://nathansprayer.com/2009/09/03/first-baptist-church-of-gulfport-after-hurricane-katrina/comment-page-1/#comment-138 pianoplayer0506 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 02:21:57 +0000 http://nathansprayer.com/?p=2105#comment-138 I felt the same way as you, Karen, when I saw the church demolished by the hurricane. I saw pictures of the church on websites and just could not believe my church was gone. My uncle's family were members there and I attended there in the 80s and then was married in that building. It was a terrible shock to see this church gone. It had been there for so long. It was hard to see all of the familiar landmarks on the coast gone. If I was to drive around the coast I would not know where I was because with the landmarks gone and then new buildings have been erected, it is hard for someone who doesnt live there to know where you are. I think the loss of this church building was one of the most difficult losses in Katrina, along with Grasslawn, the VA Hospital, and many other very well known buildings. I felt the same way as you, Karen, when I saw the church demolished by the hurricane. I saw pictures of the church on websites and just could not believe my church was gone. My uncle’s family were members there and I attended there in the 80s and then was married in that building. It was a terrible shock to see this church gone. It had been there for so long. It was hard to see all of the familiar landmarks on the coast gone. If I was to drive around the coast I would not know where I was because with the landmarks gone and then new buildings have been erected, it is hard for someone who doesnt live there to know where you are. I think the loss of this church building was one of the most difficult losses in Katrina, along with Grasslawn, the VA Hospital, and many other very well known buildings.

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