Retired police Sgt. Tim McKee would have never guessed what God had in store for him after Hurricane Katrina hit.
McKee, then serving in a youth ministry position in St. Clair Baptist Association, stumbled upon a posting on the North American Mission Board’s Web site for a community liaison for East Howard Baptist Church, Biloxi, Miss. The next thing he knew, he was hitching up his travel trailer and heading down to the small church. East Howard Baptist — almost completely destroyed by the storm — was sitting in a demolished community and a sea of casino rubble.
“I went down there to meet and greet the people who came into the food pantry they were running at the church, and I got to sit down and talk to 40 to 50 families a day, see if they had needs and talk to them about Jesus,” said McKee, who went down in mid-February and stayed about two months.
Since getting temporary walls put up, the church has averaged 50 in worship — more than it had pre-Katrina.
“God’s working miracles down there, and the church has a tremendous ministry,” said McKee, who is now serving as youth minister of Broken Arrow Baptist Church, Wattsville, in St. Clair Association. “I feel like I left a part of my heart down there. There’s still a lot of work to be done.” (TAB)
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