Saturday, June 03, 2006
Three of us cooking and preparing meals, Roy, Joe, and yours truly. As the food is cooked, we move it over to the serving tables. It is there as people pick up a meal that they are also give a bible tract and we have opportunity to begin a bible study.Following is the third installment of Anna Grisham's article. One more tomorrow.
WHAT KIND OF TRAINED VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED?
Volunteers from all over the United States participate in this relief effort. Trained volunteers may include contractors, home builders, roofers, drywall installers, electricians, to name a few. Call the DRT at (740) 743-2313. Come as you are. Be ready to work for the Lord. "Therefore, my beloved brethren be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord"( ICorinthians 15:58)
WHAT SKILLED\UNSKILLED LABOR IS NEEDED?
There may be homes to be "gutted out" and small limb and large tree removal. Those needed are those handy with hammers\saws\skill saws\chain saws; debris removal, drivers with experience in pulling long tool trailers; cooks and bottle washers; friendly smiles and handshakes, hugs and kisses; speakers of kind words\God's word; preachers elders, deacons, the entire congregation, and last, but not least college students. Volunteers range in age from youngsters to the young at heart. Skilled and unskilled. God can use you for this work. "For we are laborers together with God" (ICorinthians 3:9 KJV)
HARD WORK REQUIRD: Mark and Laura lead the way working 24\7. Mark is the ultimatum organizer. He makes out the work orders. Mark says, " Your day may begin very early unloading a truckload of goods at a distribution site. Out in the field, GPS units are used, if needed, to located the worksite. Conditions vary site to site.You may work inside or outside You may be restoring church buildings and houses or cooking and serving hot meals. And, depending on the weather, your day may not end until sundown. Our motto is " FIRST IN, LAST OUT."
PAY VARIES: Payment is shared at the beginning of your work order, along the way at food distribution sites, anywhere along the road as you stop to share a bottle of water, a hot meal, a kind word or offer assistance by something as small as "listening"to their stories,and at the completion of your work order. Payment comes in the form of smiles, tears, hugs, handshakes, and "thank you" from the disaster survivors. Their "payment " is guaranteed to give you an assortment of "warm fuzzies"and "good memories"of helping disaster survivors in need; and from seeing Christians working together for the Lord and being a part of that effort. "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!" (Psalm 133:1 )
REWARD--- There will be one more installment. We plan to finish tomorrow.
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