We received a Thank you note from a partnering church and wanted to pass it on to you. Good day,Thank you very much for such a surprise. Today we received a load of food from your organization. We got a special gift. Blankets. You have no idea how many people ask for them. A lot.Your team is …
During this last week, Ukraine has retaken large amounts of territory from the Russians, and today we took three vehicles and five tons of food to some of the liberated towns and cities. We were met with abandoned Russian vehicles and tanks, many of which were destroyed and burned, but we did see less structural damage …
Volunteers needed for Kentucky flood cleanup!! Today and tomorrow we are wrapping up a few projects in the Buckhorn, KY, area, and then tomorrow we will be moving our base of operations to the Whitesburg, KY, area, an hour and a half from Buckhorn. The organization we are connecting with has a lot of unmet needs. One …
This week we had a series of meetings with the local community leaders and other organizations, and we, as an organization, found a need we would love to help fulfill.We connected with another organization that has projects they want us to take care of. As a result, we are planning to move our base of …
The last several weeks we have been busy distributing food, having church services and distributions on the front lines, and doing evacuations. The first two weeks we had one team busy doing evacuations. That has slowed down and has now almost stopped. We learned a lot in those two weeks, including learning to know other groups …
The last two weeks have been quite intense in some ways, and yet we have also had a lot of fun. We have been cleaning out houses with a foot of mud in the basements and crawl spaces, helping people get their wet drywall and insulation out, doing lots of cleanup outside, getting trailer houses …
We all had to move from different occupied areas in Zaporizhzhya oblast. We had had medical issues and no money for food, living expenses and medication. We also didn’t have anyone we could depend on. Thanks to your organization we got some basic medication for blood pressure and diabetes. May God keep you well.- A …
It is difficult for me to find the words to accurately describe what I saw, felt, and experienced while in eastern Kentucky. We drove through neighborhood after neighborhood where most homes had major water damage. Many people had their belongings in heaps beside the road waiting to be hauled to a dumpsite. Some live in …
Farmers in Paraguay have a saying that they like to share during tough times. Hope is not the same as optimism. It is not the certainty that everything will turn out well, but rather the faith that everything will be for our good, regardless of how it turns out… This week I had the opportunity …
This week we were able to complete 9 projects with approximately 260 man hours. The projects involved cleaning up a lot of debris out of yards, the debris included tree branches and bushes, as well as furniture and other household items that floated down the creek. We also worked on cleaning out several houses. The houses …