
‘LAKE CHARLES GRIT’ TESTED BY TWO HURRICANES IN WEEKS
By Diana Chandler Baptist Press LAKE CHARLES, La. — Trinity Baptist Church senior pastor Steve James calls it “Lake Charles grit,” an ability to persevere during hardship on top of hardship. “Grit up” is the local rallying cry after Hurricanes Laura and Delta hit western Louisiana just weeks apart. “We had one hand tied behind our back, and now somebody blindsided us,” James said on Oct. 12 after Hurricane Delta,








