We'll keep updates running here on PNNews.org as we get them on Gustav, expected to become a hurricane and make landfall on the Gulf Coast the days following Labor Day.

We're also preparing an update on the needs in the Rio Grande Valley (border of Texas and Mexico) as a result of Hurricane Dolly which hit in July. We are still developing our network of editors and do not have anyone in Florida, but we do know that Iowa needs volunteers from this summer's floods.

Please learn more about long-term response from Presbyterian Disaster Assistance. www.pcusa.org/pda

It takes a while before specific material or physical help can be accepted after a disaster response is launched, but donations are always an option on the PDA site.

In the meantime, give thanks to God for our (yours and mine) PDA office staff and national response team. Harvey Howell of San Antonio is the volunteer team member who has been tracking Gustav and connecting with the myriad of responders in the region.

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