Posted by Michelle is no stranger to flooding after her community in Lake Charles was affected by two hurricanes just last year. But last week Lake Charles flooded again, this time from a storm that dropped 16 inches of rain in about 6 hours, and it even affected some houses that hadn’t flooded in Hurricane Delta. She…Read more »
Posted by Recently we had a group from Minnesota helping to fix a home for church members from Lake Charles Bible Church. The volunteers took a prayer walk through the community in the afternoon, something we encourage volunteers to do each day, and they met Henry and his aunt. Our volunteers recognized pretty quickly that Henry was…Read more »
Posted by The death of these leaders is another reminder that there is no part of life untouched by Covid, and nowhere is that truer than in Venezuela. Life there has come to a standstill as travel between states is restricted, the economy has ground to a halt, food is hard to access, and medical care is…Read more »
Posted by Our weeks always start off with a plan: which teams we will host, which houses we will work on, which homeowners we will see. And then within the first hours of Monday morning the plan is often changed or scrapped entirely. This is a reality we have come to embrace while serving in the mission…Read more »
Posted by In February 2020 we had a small group gathered together in Louisiana to brainstorm what ReachGlobal Crisis Response’s trauma care ministry could look like. None of us could have imagined what the next year would bring. Just a few weeks later churches all over the country were looking for ways to engage and minister to…Read more »
Posted by Over half a million ordered to evacuate. Enough fallen timber to build 28,000 brand new homes. Eight thousand telephone poles replaced. An estimated $19 billion in damages. These are just some of the struggles that Hurricane Laura inflicted on the Gulf Coast. In addition to the physical trauma, there is the emotional and spiritual crisis…Read more »
Posted by Crisis (n) – a time of intense difficulty, trouble, or danger; a time when a dificult or important decision must be made That’s how the internet defines crisis. But when ReachGlobal Crisis Response uses the word crisis we are referring to an event or situation that disrupts the normalcy of life. But that could be…Read more »
Posted by Sarah had just finished her language school and was exploring ministry options in Panama when the pandemic lock-down began. The lock-down there was even stricter than most of the US restrictions, so Sarah was stuck in her home alone almost all the time. After three months of isolation in Panama she made the decision to…Read more »
Posted by Many of us are trying to wrap our heads around a different kind of Christmas this year, a Christmas without parties or gatherings, maybe even a virtual Christmas Eve service. There’s no question that 2020 has forced us to set aside many of our Christmas traditions, and most of us will spend this celebration at…Read more »
Posted by Nothing is better than churches that are supporting each other and working together after a crisis – bringing the body of Christ together to share His love. Grace Community Bible Church in Denham Springs, our partner in the 2016 flood response, donated many of their resources to Lake Charles Bible Church. They sent supplies for…Read more »
