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.
“I often thought why are we surprised when God does something like this?” he asked. “I do stand in awe.”
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How it started
It was less than a month ago in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Helene that he reached out to the state director for the North Carolina Baptist Disaster Relief to find out what they need.
“I had a lady email me who had heard that North Carolina was asking for generators,” he said. “I contacted the state director and said, ‘This is what I heard. Is this a need?’ He said, ‘I could use a hundred if I could get them.’ That is how it started.”
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EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Mark Maynard and originally published by Kentucky Today.