Current Mission
In the spring of 2008 plans were put in place to start Disaster Assistance CoC. Here is a recap of our work so far. On September 6, 2008 I left Florida for Goodwood Church of Christ in Baton Rouge. We spent a little over 2 weeks there setting up bible studies, handing out food boxes and supplies and cooking meals for the people affected by Gustav. Then Ike hit Texas and we move to Lake Jackson,TX and setup at the Lake Jackson Church of Christ. There we did the same things we were doing at Goodwood. Serving meals at the church, taking to go meals out into the community and than preparing meals and taking them to Surfside and serving them there. We held church services there at Surfside two Sundays. From here we moved on to Galveston, TX and setup up at the Broadway Church of Christ. This turned out to be a real challenge. There still was no electric there at the church and everything in the church building had been removed because of the flooding. We setup outside on the street and sidewalk than started cooking with the power of generators using roasters. El Campo Church of Christ brought us a refrigerator/freezer that ran off a generator also. This effort quickly grew until we were serving between 800 and 1000 meals each day. This was made possible only because of the help of many volunteers and churches two numerous to mention because I wouldn't want to leave anyone out. From there we headed over to Port Bolivar and setup up at the Bolivar fire station. The Church of Christ there at Crystal Beach was totally destroyed by the storm. Many truck loads of supplies were passed out and many meals were served. I headed back home on December 6. Our next mission was in Murfreesboro, TN where we worked with the Kingwood Heights Church of Christ after the tornado there. Than a few weeks later we were off to Hemly Road Church of Christ in Bayou La Batre, AL, to spend a week of follow up Evangelism work there. The next mission was working with the Rossville CoC in Rossville, GA helping the people affected by the flood. The results of these missions were hundreds of Bible Studies were setup, numerous Baptisms, 14 semi loads of food and supplies were passed out and over 40,000 meals were cooked and served. 2010 started off with a bang. We went to Yazoo City, MS on 4/15 and was there 8 days. We served 1531 meals and Don had 30 bible studies going on. From there we went to Nashville, TN to help after the flood. We worked with Antioch and Western Hills Church of Christ and with Lispcomb University. We were there 25 days, cooked 6371 meals. Don had many bible studies going on and volunteers worked on around 200 houses. On 6/18 I went to Albert Lea CoC in MN and worked there after the tornado for a week. So far we have spent 9 weeks in Bayou La Batre helping the families affected by the oil spill. On April 17, 2011 we traveled to Fayetteville, NC and worked with Helen St CoC after the tornado. We had over 40 bible studies setup, served 2566 meals and handed out many supplies. We arrived in Tuscaloosa, AL on Thursday Apris 28th the day after the tornado hit there. The following is what we accomplished there. -Over 150 Bible Studies Setup-12 Baptisms-42,866 Meals Served-Over 800 families helped with cleanup(chainsaw and other work)-Many Many loads of other food, water and supplies handed out. Church building is completely torn down and hauled away in trucks. Furniture and Appliances still being handed out. We arrived in Smithville, TX on September 9 and started working with Smithville Church of Christ. Around 1600 homes were destroyed and many others damaged. We setup at the Rec Center and served meals there until all people were moved out of the shelter. We than moved on over to Bastrop Church of Christ in Bastrop, TX. While here in TX over 1200 families were helped with food, cloths, water, furniture, appliances and many other supplies. 10,768 were served. The church here in Bastrop will continue to be one of the main distribution centers for the county well into 2012. We are always prepared to leave for any disaster no matter where I am. The mobile headquarters I travel in has all of our cooking equipment and other supplies stored in it so we can be ready at any time.
