Hurricane Thanks

This e-mail is primarily to acknowledge the service of the WC3/IFOC chaplains that served at the Houston Police Fondren Division during Hurricane Ike recovery operations. There are others whom I owe a debt of gratitude to but their efforts in their venue will be acknowledge in another correspondence.

Thanks goes out to all IFOC chaplains who served during the Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike recovery efforts. I know for a fact that more letters like this are being drafted as we speak. The IFOC has made an impact for a great good in Louisiana and Texas. My police department and specifically my division, was on the receiving end of the servitude of three WC3/IFOC chaplains when I had to return to duty as a first responder at the HPD Fondren Division. Those chaplains have since gone back home to Washington State but I remain behind in Houston to tell you that their service is still spoken of in the hallways and roll call rooms by the officers of the Houston Police Fondren Division (aka: Fallujah Division). They remain appreciative.

I want to also acknowledge a few members of the Houston PACT (Police And Clergy Team) led by Dr. Keith Robinson, Paul Giddens and Hans Kolb. They performed a service of love to the Houston Police Fondren Division that will never be forgotten. Dr Robinson, Paul Giddens, Hans Kolb and two other PACT members whom I owe an apology to for not remembering their names, became the heros of heros. They also provided valuable direction and leadership for the IFOC chaplains. Dr Robinson, Paul Giddens and Hans Kolb are due to attend IFOC Basic Chaplains Training here in Houston October 13-17 and join us. They will be a monumental force and huge asset to the IFOC but especially to those they are bound to serve.

My deepest gratitude,

Darrell L. Robertson
Houston PD Blue

Senior Chaplain
Int'l Fellowship Of Chaplains, Inc.
http://www.ifoc.org/

Christian Law Enforcement Summit
http://www.clesummit.org/

We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Romans 15:1