Devil In The Church

One Sunday morning, everyone in one bright, beautiful, tiny town got up early and went to the local church.

Before the services started, the townspeople were sitting in their pews and talking about their lives, their families, etc. Suddenly, Satan appeared at the front of the church. Everyone started screaming and running for the front entrance, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away from evil incarnate.

Soon everyone was evacuated from the church, except for one elderly gentleman who sat calmly in his pew, not moving... seemingly oblivious to the fact that God's ultimate enemy was in his presence. Now this confused Satan a bit, so he walked up to the man and said, "Don't you know who I am?"

The man replied, "Yep, sure do."

Satan asked, "Aren't you afraid of me?"

"Nope, sure ain't," said the man.

Satan was a little perturbed at this and queried, "Why aren't you afraid of me?"

The man calmly replied, "Been married to your sister for over 48 years."

Source: Comedy Central

SW LA Churches Destroyed By Hurricane Rita

I went with Mark to Southwest Louisiana on Thursday. He was on an assignment to cover the reconstruction work in areas devastated by Hurricane Rita that hit Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana six months ago. I also photographed some of the destroyed churches in Cameron Parish (County), La. during my trip:





Mike McCall wrote me in an e-mail:

The church is the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church [slide 5]...My great grandfather donated the land for the church and our family pretty much supported it. After Hurricane Audrey, it was the only church operating in lower Cameron Parish until St. Eugene and Sacred Heart could be rebuilt.

Thank you Mike for the information about the church.


More slideshows:

Hurricane Rita, The Forgotten Storm.
Animals on the road.