Waveland, Mississippi

Lagniappe Church has been one of churches that have been active in the reconstruction efforts in this area, which was overlooked by the media after Katrina. They started off with nothing back in January 2006, and since then, they have been grown tremendously. During the summer, they had as many as 250 volunteers helping out in one week. This is the church building, which is a converted indoor pool.


Many of the trees on the Gulf Coast were defoliated and destroyed during the hurricane, and even if they survived that, saltwater killed much of the vegetation during the subsequent flood.



A house once stood on this concrete slab, but the waters swept it away. The different ceramic tiles show where the kitchen and bathrooms used to be.