Hurricane Matthew Rebuild Lumberton–February 18-24, 2018

1-Region 10 Feeding; 2-FBC Garner; 3-Pleasant Gardens Baptist- Marion; 4-Michael Locklear; 5-Village Baptist, Fayetteville.

6-Christ Community Church, Pinehurst; 7-Samaria Baptist, Middlesex; 8-Highlands Baptist, Raleigh;9-FBC Oak Island.

Been another busy week in Lumberton. Teams have been busy witnessing and rebuilding. Jobs this week ranged from the ground to the roof.  Footers formed for new foundation, Insulation installed in several home, flooring, trim work and painting. On Saturday teams helped clean up behind other volunteers at several homes. So many homes are now closer to being complete and the yards are clean. David got final inspections on the P. McMillian home and the B. Simpson home on Friday so these two families can now return home. 

We still have 97 job request on our list and only working on 27 at this time.  Therefore we could use your help in Lumberton.

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild–February 11-17, 2018

1-FBC Mauldin, SC; 2-Regions 9 & 10 Feeding Team (not pictured Horace & Eunice, Reg. 4); 3-Al Percy; 4-Westwood Baptist Church, Cary; 5&6-Eagle Exteriors, NY (5 includes Charlie Stroud, crew chief); 7-Greystone Baptist, Durham; 8-Biltmore, Asheville; Not pictured-Crew Chiefs Richard Weeks & Dennis Holloway.We’ve had a very productive week in Lumberton with five volunteer teams full of kindness and a desire to serve GOD. Teams rough wired 3 homes, hung insulation, rough plumbed one home, laid flooring, hung sheetrock in 2 homes, finished sheetrock, painted, installed a new shingle roof, lots of trim work, started reworking the floor system in another rebuild, and the list goes on. Many thanks to the Eagle group ladies and children who did a final cleaning on the McArthur and Graves homes which are now ready for the families to return home. Also thanks to each and every volunteer who has or will be serving in Lumberton to help rebuild homes and share the gospel with all.

Charlie, Richard and Dennis were great help in helping David lead and oversee teams this week. We already have a need for additional help for 8 weeks during the upcoming months. Please let us know if you can step up and help out.

Hurricane Matthew Rebuild Lumberton-February 4-10, 2018

Volunteers: 1-Region 7 & 8 Feeding; 2-Parkwood Baptist, Gastonia; 3-Tuckaseigee Baptist Association.Got the odd and ends done at the McAuthur and Graves homes this week. That’s 2 more families moving back home.  Also started the insulation on the McComb home so team can hang sheet rock this coming week.

Our prayers go out to the families who lost love ones this week in the accident with Christian Aid Ministries. This group has been a great help on some of our projects here in Lumberton.

From the CAM website -

On Tuesday, February 6, around 5:30 p.m., a volunteer work crew was returning to the Christian Aid Ministries Disaster Response base in Lumberton, North Carolina, when they were involved in a serious traffic accident. Two volunteers were killed and two others were seriously injured.

Josiah Miller, age 47, and Kevin Yoder, age 18, died in the crash. Both were from the New Order Amish community in Hustonville, Kentucky. Josiah leaves behind his wife Susan and 10 children, 8 still at home.

Eric Yoder, age 20, and Ben Miller (Josiah’s son), age 15, remain in the hospital in critical condition. They were also from Hustonville. The driver, Wesley Miller, was not seriously injured but needs prayers and support.

The men were helping with Christian Aid Ministries’ rebuilding efforts in Lumberton for people affected by Hurricane Matthew.

Your prayers for the families and all those affected by this tragedy would be greatly appreciated.

A fund has been set up to help the families with funeral and hospital expenses and other needs. If you would like to show your support during this difficult time, please use the donation form at the link below.(https://christianaidministries.org/miller-yoder-tragedy/).

You can also mail your donation—earmarked Miller/Yoder tragedy—to Christian Aid Ministries, P.O. Box 360, Berlin, Ohio 44610. All funds will be directed to the families involved.

Hurricane Matthew Rebuild Lumberton–Week Ended February 3, 2018

Volunteers: 1-Summerfield Baptist, Greensboro; 2-Wanda & Friends; 3-Pee Dee Association; 4-Northside Church, Wilmington; 5-Charlie Stroud-Garner; 6-Paul & his Brother in Christ, Stefan, did a great job in the kitchen; Not Pictured-Al Percy.

Al and Paul were our only volunteers until Thursday morning. However by Saturday it was rush rush for David and Billy. God knew we would need some help so he sent Charlie Stroud to see if there was anything he could do. Thank you Charlie and all the volunteers for listening to GOD's call.

It was a short week but the volunteers came with a heart to serve. The Stanley family got a new roof and lots of sheet rock replaced inside. The Watson and Smith families got inside repairs started following a new roof put on several months ago. Mrs. McCombs got new siding installed and new electrical wiring. The S King home got the electrical wiring started.  At the C King home they laid subfloor and hung sheet rock. In other words it has been very busy in Lumberton the past 3 days,