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Arizona Disaster Relief volunteers continue efforts in Louisiana

  • September 20, 2021
  • Arizona's Portraits
  • Arizona, Colorado, Disaster Relief, Featured, Latest News, Louisiana, National News, New Mexico

Arizona Disaster Relief volunteers continue efforts in Louisiana

Arizona Southern Baptist Disaster Relief teams are bringing hope and comfort to flood and hurricane victims in Arizona and Louisiana.

Twenty-three volunteers, including a chaplain, ministered to flood victims in Gila Bend Aug. 17–26. In those 10 days, they assessed 25 homes, removed mud, drywall, flooring, appliances, cabinets and furniture from 11 of them and assisted United Methodists’ disaster relief ministry (UMCOR) in processing two other homes.

“For many, everything they owned went out to the street for [trash] pickup,” said Patty Kirchner, Arizona Southern Baptist Disaster Relief state director.

As for the Louisiana callout, Dave and Norma Turner were initially sent to Hammond, Louisiana, as assessor and chaplain. Six more volunteers were initially sent to Gonzales, Louisiana, to serve with Southern Baptist Convention of Texas Disaster Relief at the Salvation Army mass feeding site.

On Sept. 12, part of the Arizona team began managing a site in Houma, Louisiana, replacing the Kentucky Southern Baptist Disaster Relief team, which was diverted to Pennsylvania and New York to deal with hurricane damage there. Arizona volunteers are working in flood recovery, chain saw, roof tarping and feeding in Houma.

Seven volunteers left Phoenix and Tucson with Arizona Southern Baptist Disaster Relief’s mudout trailer and chain saw trailer Sept. 11. Others left two days later with a small food warehouse trailer. Kirchner expected 19 Arizona volunteers to be in place by the week of Sept. 12.

“We are leaving half our feeding team with the Salvation Army feeding unit [in Gonzales] and bringing the other half to Houma to feed the teams,” she said. The Arizona team is receiving help from Disaster Relief volunteers from New Mexico and Colorado.

“We would really benefit from having a refrigerated box truck,” Kirchner said.

Kirchner is hoping for more volunteers for chain saw and feeding teams, as recovery will last quite a while and people are needed to replace the current team members. Many states are having trouble enlisting teams because of the pandemic and two states recalled teams because members tested positive, she said.

“We need lots of prayer,” Kirchner said. “I know God is able. He is the God of creation. He has it all. There is just a lot of need. It’s kind of like trying to manage a circus; there are so many things going on at once. Please pray for the teams. It is really bad here.

“God’s got a plan,” she said. “We’ve been seeing that all week.”


EDITOR’S NOTE — Irene A. Harkleroad, a freelance writer living in Carefree, is a member of Black Mountain Baptist Church, Cave Creek. This article originally appeared in Portraits, a publication of the Arizona Southern Baptist Convention.

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