Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild–October 15-21, 2017

This week started out a bit different.  Since we did not have any volunteers coming in until Wednesday Ann went to visit Matt, Tanya & Walker.  On Tuesday they went to the NC State Fair.  Walker really liked driving the tractors and the Groovy Bus. 1-Grey Stone Baptist, Durham; 2-Region 2 and Trinity Feeding; 3-Cornerstone Baptist, Mt. Airy; 4-Ebenezer Baptist, Indian Trail; 5-Latoshia; 6-Salem Baptist, Apex; 7-Trinity Baptist, Raleigh; No Pictures-Oak Island Baptist & Cabin Missionary Baptist, Pink Hill.Lots of good volunteers and most had lots of skills.  Houses have been wired, flooring laid, walls painted, subfloor installed, roofs put on, painting, tile installed, ramp built along with a new front stoop and steps.  Several homes again are close to being completed and we have started two new rebuilds.

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild–October 8-14, 2017

1-FBC Hickory; 2-Al Percy with Billy; 3-Debbie Holloway; 4 & 5-Colonial Baptist, Trinity; 6-Church 180, Rock Hill, SC; 7-Daystar Church ,Greensboro.Started the week out with one team from Hickory. They were joined by three other churches for the end of the week. Teams have been busy hanging sheetrock, installing cabinets, plumbing, electrical, painting, laying flooring and doing trim work. Also want to say thanks to Christian Aid for continuing to lend a hand in the rebuild efforts of Lumberton. They have worked on three homes for us this week.

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild - Day of Service - October 7, 2017

Governor Cooper and his staff put together a Day of Service to remember Matthew’s visit one year ago.  5 sites were chosen to be work sites. Close to 100 people showed up to help rebuild in Lumberton.  The Governor his wife and daughter helped hang sheet rock at a home on Oregon Street. The rest of the windows were also replaced.

Governor Cooper tried to personally thank each volunteer for their help to rebuild Lumberton. Mike Sprayberry was also in Lumberton and did his part at helping out.  One of the groups was from a local high school. Their teacher plans to bring them back several times so he can teach them basic building skills. This will help us out a lot as well as the students being able to learn skills.

The rebuild project in Lumberton is like most other disasters. Once the news media leaves the rest of the public believes all is done and help goes away but we are still here and can use your help.