I live right outside New Orleans. My daughter and her family live in New Orleans, but in a section that escaped most of the hurricane destruction. She knows I read this forum and recounted this story:
She said she had seen, on a couple of occasions near her home, a van with the sign "Jehovah's Witness Disaster Relief" or "Jehovah's Witness Disaster Services" or "Jehovah's Witness Disaster Relief Services." I don't remember exactly but you get the idea...
Anyway, from reading the stories and experiences of those here I have deduced that the JW's idea of a disaster relief is to get a group of volunteers, help JWs only do repairs and then "relieve" the person being helped, after deducting for materials, of their insurance money.
This leaves a marked disaster relief van somewhat odd, from what I have read. Does anyone know if this is something they do or is it maybe a local or regional thing? She hasn't mentioned it for a while but it just makes me curious as it seems to not fit what I'd expect in the circumstance.
Robert
