By Lori EhdeThe wheels are in motion for Luverne to adopt a family displaced by Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf region of the South.Working through the Rock County Ministerial Association, a small group of local residents applied through the Foundation For Hope to provide temporary housing in Luverne.The organization was recommended by local churches as a reputable organization that partners with the Red Cross and others to connect evacuees with temporary housing.Judi Wiley, president of the Rock County Ministerial Association, reported this week that the Foundation had identified a Southern family that was willing to relocate to Luverne."Many of us do not realize that there are still families living in sports domes, sleeping on cots and eating in masses in the hurricane-ravaged South. Families separated from friends and extended family, waiting for a place to call home," Wiley said."One family’s wait is over. They are moving to Luverne."Wiley didn’t have their names yet, but the family consists of a woman, her four children, their grandmother and a small dog.The children’s ages are 14, 11, 7 and 4, and they’ll be staying in a house on Jackson Street in Luverne owned by First Baptist Church.Wiley said the church has agreed to waive rent for the family for 90 days until they can get settled. "This family has nothing but three paper bags with them," Wiley said.She said she spoke with the Foundation For Hope representative who interviewed the family, who registered with the organization. "She said they are just wonderful," Wiley said. "I asked her which denomination they were affiliated with, and the woman told me she didn’t know that, but that she had prayed with the family and that the grandmother ‘really loves Jesus.’ That’s all I needed to hear," Wiley said.The family has been living as refugees in the Cajun Dome, but that will close down by the end of the month, so Wiley said they’re expected sometime in the next week.The Federal Emergency Management Agency will fund the family’s transportation to Luverne. Some furniture has been donated from Volunteers of Mercy, and volunteers have come forward to help set up the house.But from there, Wiley said, it will be up to Luverne to care for its adopted family.Following is a list of items the family will need to get started in their temporary home:oPots and pans, baking pansoDish towels, bath towels, wash clothesoDishesoSilverwareoSchool suppliesoSoapsoTVoBicyclesoVacuum cleaneroMops and brooms, cleaning suppliesoCoffee pot, toaster, can openeroBasic food items, i.e.: cooking oil, salt, pepper, sugar, etc.oPersonal itemsTo donate call Wiley (227-9258) or Cheryl Thacker (283-3674).An account has been opened at First Farmers and Merchants Bank, and people can donate to the "Psalm 121 Project." Psalm 121 reads, "Whatever you do for the least of the brothers, so you do it to me."Luverne Katrina Relief Committee members Wiley and LaDonna Van Aartsen are authorized account managers for the donations.Edgerton has also been matched with a family to adopt from the hurricane-ravaged communities of the South.The adoptions through Foundation For Hope are intended to be temporary – about three to six months, until the families are able to function on their own in their new towns or return South to rebuild.In Luverne’s case, Wiley said the family intends to permanently relocate in the area. The woman plans to find work in housekeeping while her mother cares for the children.