CAPASSOs in Italy: we are all well and
healthy and so is our immediate family..here's our stats as a family:
Elise and the girls are currently evacuated to Naples, ITALY and are staying with Ciro's
family here. our phone number is (from the states) 011-39-081-588-7037; just
call anytime if you want--we are 7 hours ahead of New Orleans. We're not sure how
long we will be here or when we will see ciro because he is working for his
airline (thank Jesus he still has a job, we are the only ones in my family who
currently have any source of income) based in St. Louis. every material possession is gone as far as we can understand. We lived
close to the University of New Orleans, which appears in an aerial photo(link is ngs.woc.noaa.gov/storms/katrina/24425537.jpg) to have
faired well, but the immediate surrounding neighborhoods are all under water...I
was able to identify our house in the photo and only the second story which is
the top unit of the duplex we live in is showing. We rent the top out to
students and we live in the bottom unit. It was a roach hole when we bought it
in December and after roughly $45,000, 6 mos, a lot of sweat and tears-from us and the our wonderful church family at BBC- and
the back surgery which was a result of ciro's working on our kitchen floor, it
became a real dream for us...only God knows why this has happened.
We also found out this week, on another sad note that my uncle Vincent Guiffre, my grandmother's only sibling, about 84, was drowned in the floodwaters that rushed into his home as his tried to help my aunt out of the chest high water in thier home in new orleans east...he has still not been recovered and his wife hung on to a drain pipe for 1.5 days in nothing but underwear and a nightgown waiting for someone to rescue her...only to be transported to a portion of the interstate where she sat for an additional day waiting transport to houston...what a horrible nightmare for her...she is recovering now in a hospital close to my cousin in Atlanta.
We do remain
hopeful in the Lord's faithfulness, but we are very sad and confused about our future, that's about our situation...in the meantime, if you need a forwarding
address stateside (as we have absolutely no idea where any of our mail is
currently going...)please send it to ciro's friend at
Ciro Capasso
C/O Mike Nardella
401 Bogey Ln.
Kirkwood, MO 63122
We miss you all like crazy and want to take a VERY BELATED, ALL-TOO-IMPORTANT opportunity to thank EVERYONE at Berean who helped us during this very difficult year for our family--the parade of food for us during Ciro's surgery and recovery, and the practical help of people too numerous to name here who gave us financial, physical, and spiritual help to get our home finished and us moved in finally, 2 months ago....it was truly the Lord's hand and a sanctinfying work done in all of us...it was a wonderful little home for the precious 2 months that we were blessed to live in it...i guess it will just have to be one of those questions we ask our Savior about when we get to heaven....
until then we are truly considering a move to St. Louis to be near Ciro's work and for those of you who've lost your church directory in the muck...Ciro's cell number is:
504-234-7671.....mine is 504-234-7662....our email addresses are:
elise@presentingnow.com
cirocapasso@yahoo.com
We love and miss you all
truly shell-shocked.
> >> elise
and have been praying for you. What a ride you have been on! As I am sure you read, we are in Birmingham. We are doing great compared to some. God is definelty working in our lives and I have felt HIM with me every step of the way! Plese give each other a kiss on each cheek from me 
let me know when you are back in the States. I would love to chat with you. 
Here's my email if you don;t have it. Guthrietoni@aol.com. Again hugs and kisses to you all! Toni