Saturday, April 08, 2006

More Taxes

Sorry, too busy to tell say much about the busy life of a Scientologist since I'm doing our business taxes. If you want to read about what some other Scientologists are doing, you can read about Volunteer Ministers.

I went to Louisiana to join the VMs with the Katrina Relief effort back in September. It was an extraordinary experience for me: I had never seen Scientology in action in the Deep South much less Scientologists helping out in a disaster. We checked in at the Mission in Baton Rouge then filled our car with people to take to Gulfport, MS to a high school where the Georgia National Guard and other volunteer groups were staying. We helped sort medical supplies the first day and helped move everyone the next day to the CeeBee Base. There were several hangers full of people - evacuees and volunteers - staying there, sleeping on cots and depending on port-a-potties and portable showers. Just the food service for the volunteers required a few hundred people. Later, we took a group to Pass Christian to help out. We found a makeshift point of distribution that an interesting group had set up - sorted food in the Salvation Army tent and clothes in the main tent.

One thing that Scientologists offer in the way of relief is a Nerve Assist as well as other assists that help lessen present time discomfort. You can learn these on the web at that last link and try them out at home if you're interested. It was a hoot to see the National Guard members receive the assists, then turn around and do them on their pals.

But that was a world away. Back to taxes.