Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild March 5-11, 2017

     1-Reg 4 & 10 Feeding; 2-ECHO/Vertical, Pembroke; 3-Bill, Bill & Paul; 4-UNC Charlotte BCM; 5-FBC Morganton; 6-Help Robeson/Chapel Hill; 7-Ephesus Baptist, Raleigh.     8-New Hope Baptist-Marshville: 9-Oak Island Baptist; 10-FBC King; 11-Christ Community Church, Pinehurst; 12-Reg 3 & 10 Feeding; 13-Trinity Baptist, Raleigh; 14-Regina Jones, Fayetteville; 15-The Summit Church & International Students, Inc. Duke University; 16-Quest Fellowship Church, Garner.

The job site picture takers were very busy this week running for materials, getting teams started in correct direction, answering questions and work on our new housing location so we didn’t have any pictures to turn in.  The teams have done tear outs, hung sheet rock, finished and painted sheet rock, replaced a roof, repaired floors , installed floor covering and the list goes on.  Sounds like a lot was done this week and past 2 months in Lumberton, BUT it’s only the start of a long project.  In big need of skilled teams and skilled team leaders.

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild Feb 26-March 4, 2017

     1-Bagley Swamp Wesleyan, Hertford; 2-Westwood Baptist, Cary; 3-Ebenezer Baptist, Durham; 4-Pleasant Garden, Greensboro.     5-Region 9 Feeding & Rebuild, Swanonna Baptist; 6-Holly Grove Baptist Church, Spring Hope; 7-Grace Christian School, Cary; 8-Green Mountain Baptist Association, Barre, VT; 9-Cornerstone Baptist, Mt. Airy; No Picture: Ephesus Baptist, Ralegh; Bethel Baptist, Ronda; Joyce & Curtis Thrift; Mt. Zion, Cherryville.     Several churches have chosen to adopt a home/family and they continue to come work on these homes.  While we have been staying at Hyde Park God has shown us some outstanding sun rise and sun sets.  Had a group of young volunteers this week who rolled up their sleeves and cleaned up several yards where the tear out teams had piled flood debris and the clam bucket trucks had gotten most but left some.  Another youth group actually helped serve a meal. Teams have been repairing floor joist, installing insulation and sub floor as well as redoing electric and plumbing.     The renovation of our new housing location is coming right along.  Water and sewer lines have been installed for our long term staff as well as those who wish to bring their camper to stay in. Gerald has began installing the sprinkler system which will mean no fire watch duty (most understand this). This week others continued on upgrading the wiring, framing for the ceiling in the tool room, gathering room and dining area, as well as building shelves for the storage area.  Need lots more help so we can move soon.  Electric, sheet rock hangers and finishers. tile layers as well as folks to rework the heat/ac duct work. Also need someone who can install chain link fence.  Would like to be moved in by end of March.  Hope this fits into the LORDS plan as well as your volunteer plans.

Work on the residents homes have also been moving along great.  As in the past I have pushed for additional help and continue to do so here.  This is not due to the lack of volunteers because many have already responded.  The request for more help is due to there is so many homes in this area which the owners cannot move back into until repairs have been made.  E-mail or give us a call about coming to serve.

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild - February 19-25, 2017

     1-Salisbury BC; 2-Bennett & Bill, Concord;  3-Hillside Church, CA; 4-Zion Baptist, Shelby; 5-Calvary Baptist, Reidsville; 6-FBC Matthews; 7-Region 8 Feeding & Rebuild.     8-Green Mt. Bap Assoc, Barre, VT with Steve Carter; 9-Vertical Church, Lumberton; 10-The Summit Church; 11-Village Christian, Fayetteville; 12-Greystone Baptist, Durham; (not pictured) Al Percy, Westwood BC, Cary; Ron,Trinity BC, Raleigh; Ephesus Baptist, Raleigh.     Yes there was a LOT of volunteers in Lumberton this week.  They kept the staff on the move.  Teams worked at numerous sites doing many jobs.  Laying flooring, hanging and finishing sheet rock, laying shingles, plumbing, wiring, roof coating, insulating walls and floors, installing doors and windows, doing tear outs and the list goes on.  Thanks to all that came and served this week

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild-February 12-18, 2017

     1-Region 7 Feeding Team; 2-Westwood Baptist, Cary; 3-Polkville Baptist; 4-Meshach’s Carpenters, Goldson’s UMC; 5-Rick, Pleasant Garden Baptist; 6-Tabernacle BC, Raleigh & First Baptist Church of Fayetteville; 7-1st Baptist Oak Island.     8-Edsel Carter's Group & Bill Martin; 9-Charlene, Ann (homeowner), Cathy & Karen; 10-FBC Kings Mountain; 11-Ed Coltrane.     This week started out slow with only a few folks around. But on Wednesday that started to change with several good size groups arriving. Thanks to the leadership of Bill and Ed the Avent Road framing and plumbing has moved to almost complete. That’s going to be our new home. The Meshach Carpenters framed Fire Chief Allen Todd’s house. Other groups painted, repaired floor joist, installed sub flooring, shingled homes, did electric and plumbing rough ins, laid flooring, installed insulation, did tear outs and cleaned up. For those of you that have worked at Ms. Ann’s, her home is getting some color now.

At the present time we have jobs for about anybody.  Still a big need for sheet rock finishers, electricians, plumbers and roofers.  There is still a steady flow of home owners coming in requesting help and a pretty good flow of teams wanting to come and help out.

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild - February 5-11, 2017

     1-Region 6 Feeding Team; 2-Trinity Baptist, Raleigh; 3-Cathy Hart, WI; 4-Carmel Baptist, Charlotte; 5-Jay & Ashley Baugham; 6-Bill Martin; 7-Walt Burris.     8-Church at Charlotte; 9-Antioch Baptist, Monroe; 10-Life Community Church, Greensboro; 11-Shiloh Baptist, Monroe; 12-Walt's People,Kannapolis; Adam Bacon, Ed Coltrane, Help Robeson-Chapel Hill & Sid & Thomas, Spruce Pine no picture.     Lots of servants (volunteers) came to Lumberton this week.  They worked on several homes doing insulation, framing, laying subfloor, electrical, plumbing, hanging and finishing sheetrock, roofing built a ramp and clean up.       Renovation also started at our new housing location. Great group lead by Bill Martin made a big change in the looks of the old warehouse.

Lots of work was done this past week. However it is still just a good start to a major task NCBM has taken on. We are still doing recovery work and have over 100 home owners waiting on us to start helping them rebuild their homes.  As we continue this work others will be coming forward asking for help so consider making plans to serve in the Lumberton area over the next couple of years.

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild - Jan 29-Feb 4, 2017

     1-Region 5 Feeding Team Earl & Stephen with Paul; 2-Biltmore Baptist, Asheville; 3-We attended Barnesville Baptist last Sunday; 4-Tramway Baptist Church; 5-Billy speaking for Baptist Men’s Sunday; 6-Cathy Hart is back from Wisconsin; 7-Grace Christian School. Raleigh.     The Biltmore group came for the week and split up.  They hung and finished sheet rock, insulated, wired a couple homes, plumbed, put on a metal roof and installed more subfloor.  On Saturday we had 2 teams come in for the day.  One did a tear out in Whiteville while the other group split up doing a tear out in Lumberton and helped to clear out an old building for a new location for us. Hopefully a team can start renovations next week.

The requests for help continue to come in daily. If your group has not signed up to serve in Lumberton I hope you will consider it.

Hurricane Matthew Rebuild–January 22-28, 2017

     1- Bill & Bill, our accessors this week; 2-The three electricians, Dean, Cary & Robert-Leicester; 3-Hickory Grove, Charlotte & Ebeneezer Baptist, Durham; 4-Reg. 4 Feeding Team, Michael, Eunice, Hoarce, Richard & Paul; 5-Lloyd & Sharon from California. This is their last week with us. They have been working with us since November. We are really going to miss them.     6-Westwood Baptist, Cary; 7-Shiloh Baptist, Monroe; 8-Fishing Creek Baptist, Wilkesboro; 9-Eunice taught Michael how to make sweet potato pies.  He was so proud.  I bet his wife is going to be impressed; 10-Parkwood Baptist, Gastonia.  We had many groups working this week so lots got done.  Westwood Baptist, one of the teams that have worked with us on several different sites are teaching their youth what it means to serve God.  The girls really worked hard and all had a good time too.     Billy helped accept a check for Hurricane Matthew relief from the Scotland Memorial Foundation. It was divided three ways between NCBM, United Methodists and United Way.

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild–January 8-14, 2017

     1-Front Street Baptist, Statesville; 2-Mike & Cindy Wilhelm; 3-Charlie Stroud & Al Percy; 4-Adam Bacon, Crossroads Baptist, Raleigh; 5-Paul & the Region 3 Feeding Team (RW, Don & Earl); 6-Salisbury Baptist Church. Not pictured: Help Robeson-Chapel Hill, Monty & Beth Rogers, Bill Martin, Ed Coltrane.      With the skills and abilities of the teams this week we concentrated mostly on rebuilding. Volunteers worked on roofing, framing, floor decking, insulation, vapor barriers, electrical, plumbing and mold treatment. Next week we should be able to start requesting some rough ins and then start sheet rock hanging.

The number of requests for help is already at 73 and with the help of Al, Charlie & Bill most have had a scope of work done and many already have permits.  However God is good and many volunteers have signed up for the next couple of weeks.  If you have not signed up go to ncmissions.org or give Ann a call 910-685-3061.  The need for the gospel to be shared is great here.

Hurricane Matthew Lumberton Rebuild–January 8-14, 2017

     1-Tony Treat-Hickory Grove Baptist, Charlotte and IBM Missionary; 2-Grandin Court Baptist Church, Roanoke, VA; 3-Hope Community Church, Raleigh; 4-Beech Grove Baptist Church, Louisville, TN; 5-Ed Coltrane & David Fuss; 6-Bethania Moravian Church, Bethania; 7-Olivet Moravian Church, Winston-Salem; 8-Elkin Valley Baptist Church, Elkin; 9-South Eastern Baptist Seminary; 10-Dry Ponds Baptist, Granite Falls; Not pictured-Lloyd & Sharon, CA, Adam Bacon & our feeding team Paul, Vickie & Richard.     Lots of volunteers this week, young and old, but all had a heart to serve and willing to do whatever.  Teams cleaned up crawlspaces, put down vapor barrier, installed insulation and floor joists, built walls, laid floor decking and did plumbing.  Getting several homes closer to rough in inspection ready. Teams also worked on two tear outs.  Tony Treat is home on from serving on IMB and came down to help out spray some homes for mold.  Work starts early and Billy was able to catch God’s beautiful sunrise one day.

In need of many volunteers over the next couple of years to help rebuild Lumberton and the surrounding area.  At present time we are in big need of people with electrical and plumbing knowledge as well as roofers to install shingle and metal roofs.

Welcome David Fuss to the Lumberton team.  Right now he is working on finishing up recovery jobs which keep coming in and will also be helping Billy with the rebuild operation.

A New Adventure–Hurricane Matthew-Lumberton Rebuild

     As of January 1, 2017 we have a new assignment with NCBM.  We are on site coordinators for the Hurricane Matthew-Lumberton Rebuild site.  Our volunteers this week: 1-The Monroe Guys (Ricky, Gene, Sammy & Mark) with Bill, Ree from GA & Dan from VA; 2-Lloyd & Sharon from CA; 3-Billy had a busy week; 4-FBC Bryson City; 5-Homeowner Lois getting some hugs from the volunteers; 7-Paul & the Region 1 Feeding Team fed us great meals. No picture-Al Percy from Cary.

     Lumberton rebuild is off to a great start. Most of a roof damaged by Matthew has been replaced. Subfloors and sheeting installed. More tear out and mold fogging done along with site clean up.  That’s right a little bit of everything to be done here. Looks like we will be here for at least 2 years or longer. There is lots of need for plumbers, electricians, HVAC and duct work installers, carpenters, roofers, insulation installers, sheet rock hangers and finishers, trimmers, flooring installers, painters and the list goes on.  With all this work a lot of helpers will also be needed.  So start signing up now for your many trips you will be making to Lumberton to help us rebuild and share His word and love.

There are also more fogging & tear out job requests still coming in

In case you don’t want to come to Lumberton, rebuild sites are also open in Winsor, Warsaw & Black River. Recovery is still going on in Tarboro.