Disaster recovery is a marathon, not a sprint. For every day of the initial crisis, it takes an estimated 100 additional days before complete recovery. I’m neither a runner nor a mathematician, but it’s pretty clear that in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, we’re looking at an ultra marathon recovery.
Here’s the good news: the United Methodist Church is already waiting at “the last mile.”
Because of our connectional system and the enthusiasm of John Wesley’s followers through the ages, the United Methodist Church has a presence in neighborhoods and communities that are under-served or un-servered by other religious organizations…