Day 37 of 100 blogs in 100 days

Rock and Sheila - Some survivors say they'll rebuild, others say no way. Most just shrug weakly, and look at you a little lost, as if to say "How can I know? Can I rebuild on nothing? I'm just surviving."

Day 37 of visiting 100 blogs in 100 days -

Operation Eden is a "personal chronicle of what hurricane Katrina has done to my poor proud people."

This blog by siege (clayton james cubitt) is the most moving documentary of Katrina's wrath and devastation upon the hard working people in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana. Set aside the evening news and 30 second images of accusations, judgement, finger pointing, FEMA, Bush bashing and consider the lives affected. Get up close and personal with these stories of survival, built on the ebb and flow of faith and hope for a better day... all captured in the heart wrenching photographs and commentary.

So as I'm reading this blog, my emotions are stirred up. I find myself counting my blessings; holding back the tears and compelled to go make a difference. Next Tuesday for a week (Oct 11-18) , I'm heading out of Nashville to join the team of the Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief mass feeding unit that can prepare up to 50,000 meals per day, stationed in Sulfer, Louisiana. I'll be blogging from the road and hopefully be able to share some stories and photos as well if electricity and internet access is available.

About the author: clayton james cubitt's mom was a teenage runaway, go-go dancing at a club on bourbon street in new orleans. his dad was a canadian national running pot over the border from mexico. they met, married, and moved to los angeles, conceiving him on the trip in the back of a vw bus at dinosaur national park in utah. now he takes pictures and lives in brooklyn. he grew up in new orleans and the gulf coast, where his family still lives. He is also known as siege.

The New Orleans native and Nerve photographer, Clayton James Cubitt (aka Siege) needs a little help putting the pieces back together after hurricane Katrina wiped out his family's home. Here's how you can help him...

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Tennessee Baptists have been directly involved in ministering to people in times of disaster since the late 1970s. Here's how to get involved