Several hundred people in North Carolina, who continue to deal with the aftereffects of Hurricane Helene, will be warmer this Thanksgiving weekend due to the generosity of a small Baptist association in Texas.
“I found I could make a difference,” said college student Michelle Ryan, who served for a few years as a collegiate intern with Missouri Disaster Relief.
A team of New Mexico Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers provided crucial aid in Florida after Hurricane Milton struck in October 2024. Arriving in October, the group of 10 worked served for nearly two weeks in the state.
Pastor Lincoln Shelton said the church will probably go with a gravel parking lot for now. “We believe the Lord will bring in resources we need,” he noted.
Iowa Baptists are “redeploying” their Disaster Relief, announced Iowa DR Coordinator Gared Shaffer during their annual meeting Nov. 1–2 at First Family Church in Ankeny. Shaffer shared the success of recent training and deployments …
Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief Director Ron Crow said it was not a surprise to him that the request for 100 generators to aid those in North Carolina was answered so quickly.
Georgia Baptist Disaster Relief efforts throughout south Georgia continue in the wake of Hurricane Helene. According to Dwain Carter, GBDR director, Sunday (Nov. 3) marked the 38th day of the relief response.
Six ladies from the Russellville area recently donned yellow shirts and chaps and other safety equipment, picked up chainsaws and went to work in Valdosta, Georgia.
JP Johnson, a student at California Baptist University, shares how he recently witnessed the evangelistic impact of Disaster Relief efforts in Missouri.
“We should never wish for hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, floods, fires and other disasters. Yet when they happen, it is a great time to show our very best as a fellowship of congregations fused together as an association.”
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