MNA Disaster Response is proactive in its approach to storms. The organization monitors major weather events, and when it hears of a disaster the team initiates a call to local PCA churches.

MNA Disaster Response has deployed the Gulf Coast Presbytery First Responder Team which will reach SW Florida on Monday to begin stabilizing homes, undertaking tree removal, blue tarping, and conducting additional assessment.

“I ended up praying prayers that day that I thought I would never have to pray. Like, ‘Lord, if I don’t make it today, please at least get my family out.’ ”

While the retirement years entice some to spend their days in leisure, some PCA couples use their newfound freedom to serve.

Since Hurricane Katrina, Sherry Lanier has been facilitating the denomination’s disaster-relief efforts out of her home in Brandon, Mississippi.

The Grace team saw that LeBlanc needed more than help with home repairs. He needed space to talk about what he had experienced.

As pastors from the six PCA churches in the Baton Rouge area inform Disaster Response about the needs around them, site manager Keith Perry dispatches volunteers to help.