Last night I attended the Gospel Meeting at Lemon Bay CoC. Guest Speaker was Jerry Carmichael, Minister Grant County CoC.

Today we picked up two truck loads of food(almost 2000 lb) at the food bank for the pantry here at Port Charlotte CoC.

Photo below is people waiting inside the Port Charlotte Church of Christ for the food pantry to open. They have a handout on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month.

Port Charlotte Church of Christ

I have the mobile headquarters setup at the church here on the west coast of FL. I will be doing fund raising in the area. This morning I help unload food from the food bank. These supplies will be handed out to around 130 families tomorrow morning.

Tornadoes in Arkansas

I have talked with Elders in Arkansas about the damage from the Tornadoes. They are going to get back intouch with me and let me know if we are needed there. If so I can change my plans and head that direction.

On Monday I will be heading to the West Coast of Florida for 2 plus months, I will be doing fund raising efforts. On Christmas Eve we delivered cloths and toys to the YWCA(battered wemans shelter)they have 25 kids living there with them. My wife has done this for the past 7 years. Also while we were in Nevada we took coats to a ladies shelter there.

Update from Yazoo City, MS (Tornadoes)

Yazoo County, Mississippi was struck by twin tornadoes this past Monday night (Nov. 29, 2010). We are still trying to rebuild from the E5 tornado that struck us April 24, 2010.

There are many one and two day repair projects to be accomplished as well as many major repair and total rebuilds. Just in this past Monday night's strike, we had 7 homes to receive major damage along with many that received some damage. There were 24 businesses in our downtown historical district that received damage as well as our courthouse and municipal buildings.

The Yazoo Humanitarian Recovery Long-Term Recovery Committee is in need of skilled teams (carpenters, electicians, plumbers, etc.) that can volunteer their time in our area to help restore those that can't restore their homes themselves. The Long-Term Recovery Committee is composed of individuals representing many of the churches in Yazoo City. The Long-Term Recovery Committee case manages each household affected and emphasizes our help to senior citizens, households with disabled family members, and households with young children. We are close to finishing three total rebuilds this month from last April's tornado strike. We are in need of purchasing several Katrina Cottages to place for housing. We are currently building additions onto already placed Katrina cottages to provide additional room for disabled individuals (we are building handicapped facilities in these additions) who were severly injured in last April's tornado strike.

If you can send skilled teams to help us, please contact the Yazoo Humanitarian Recovery. Our construction coordinator, Mr. Gerald Glascoe can be reached at the following numbers: cell (601) 720-4316 or home (662) 746-1780. He can give you a better overview of what we are dealing with and what tools and materials are needed.

Had a really good presentation about our mission work at Fairlawn Church of Christ here in Muncie yesterday.

I am working on fund raising events to start in January

Savage Storm Blasts Midwest

Schools here in Muncie, IN had the kids in storm shelters 3 times Tuesday.

One of the strongest storms in decades barreled across the Midwest on Tuesday.

Rice, Texas Tornado

Here is our new trailer donated by El Campo Church of Christ, El Campo, TX

Great day yesterday. Had two presentations one at AM services and another at PM services in North Central FL. Had one couple from each church talk to me about being part of the Disaster Assistance Mission and they each have an RV :):):)

Yesterday Don delivered meals and conducted 11 bible studies. Last night I attended Bellingrath Road CoC. This is a very nice small church. It is located right in front of the RV park that I talk about below. If another major disaster ever hits this area I think this church would work with us.

--Disaster Assistance--Bayou La Batre--Just got todays update from Don Hudson our Director of Evangelism. He had Bible Studies with 18 people today.

Lunches waiting for the last item to be added(a baked chicken sandwich)than they will be closed and boxed for Don and Rosemary to take out with them while they visit families and conduct bible studies in the Bayou La Batre area.

Chicken baking in our ovens

Disaster Assistance Making Plans for now and Future Storms

I am setup at the Payne's RV Park in Theodore, AL about 5 min from Bayou La Batre. This park is behind the Bellingrath Road Church of Christ. I can walk to Wednesday night service. Don and Rosemary are on their way here. Don will be conducting bible studies this week Rosemary and I will prepare meals for him to take out with him for
the families in Bayou La Batre.

I just had a meeting with the owner of this RV park. They were not effected by hurricane Katrina, so this would be a good place to setup if there was another major storm down here in this area. He said we could reserve 5 spots for our future needs. The park has laundry and bath house, on site propane fill up and he also owns an RV service center. Great for all our needs.

From here we could service Bayou La Batre, all of the towns on Mobile Bay and these towns in MS. Pascagoula, Moss Point, Gautier and Ocean Springs.

Great location to setup our Mobile Headquarters if we are needed in this area again.

Bayou La Batre, AL--Gulf Coast Oil Disaster

I will be heading back South on Tuesday or Wednesday. I have two meetings scheduled and I will be watching the tropical storms. The Bay Area Food Bank is no longer having food handouts at the Hemley Road Church of Christ, the handouts are now at the Bayou La Batre Comunity Center. So if we return there we will setup there or a different location other than the church.

Earl now a tropical storm

Well the East Coast dogged a big one. Earl left behind some flooding, wind damage and some power outages. Most areas say they will be open and in good shape for the Labor Day Weekend.