On Friday evening, December 10, 2021, a large tornado hit Mayfield, Kentucky. We immediately sent a team of seven people to set up our base of operations at Lynnhurst Family Resort. By Monday, December 13th, several teams of volunteers had arrived; and by Wednesday, we had 150 volunteers along with chainsaws, trucks, trailers, and skidloaders …
This amazing story is by John Chisom, one of our volunteers: “I have seen so many things throughout my life that I could sit down and tell you story after story for hours…Here’s a good story. This was AMAZING.I’m in the van with 6 other people, and we stopped at a convenient store so that I …
The holidays are here, and many of the initial response organizations are leaving. The overall volunteer numbers are dropping; public attention has shifted; and the rest of the world is moving on. Most of the tree cutting work is finished, but there is still a LOT of work that needs to be done. The majority of …
Praise God! Today and tomorrow we will have over 200 volunteers, each day. Today, we are sending 75 people to Campbellsville which is 3.5 hours from our current base. We have coordinators from the area who will lead those teams and they will also be lodging in the Campbellsville area. In addition to the work …
A lot of the tree work is already taken care of and most of the rubble hasn’t been cleared for removal yet.Yesterday, we found another town that was damaged severely by the tornado, but they didn’t get any volunteers to help with the cleanup. The city officials turned the work over to us and if …
Today we’ll be working in the Princeton KY area. We have 7 teams of guys going out, with each team averaging 4 or 5 people. Most of the work will be clearing trees so the utility companies can come in and put up electric lines again. We also have 2 ladies who will be cooking …
From the field director, Daniel Beiler. Today, we talked with the government volunteer coordinator for the Mayfield area. They want to locate and recover all bodies before sending volunteers in. By tomorrow afternoon they will be ready for cleanup teams to come in. We had 2 guys out, who went to other areas, talking with mayors, police departments, and assessed …
We just got word of what may have been a record-breaking tornado that destroyed Mayfield, KY. Warehouses, a hospital and a prison collapsed, with people trapped inside. People are missing and there is massive damage to the entire area. We are sending a team to go in and provide emergency relief and to bridge the gap …
