Posted by The scene today in Lebanon’s Bekka Valley is much like it has been since the first refugees arrived more than five years ago. Makeshift structures that sprung up amid fertile fields, intended to provide shelter for a few months for some of the 3+ million Syrian refugees, now have an uneasy sense of permanency…Read more »
Posted by Every day we encourage short term teams serving with us teams to take a break, and take to the streets for prayer walks. In a particular neighborhood near the Old Dickinson Bayou, 100% of the homes were flooded during Hurricane Harvey last August. There, we have had some great encounters, and already our volunteers’ green…Read more »
Posted by Written by Pastor Landon Jones, Executive Pastor, Riverside Community Church, Columbia, SC No one really thought that the storm would do much more than make for a very wet weekend. As Saturday night stretched into Sunday morning, we kept going back and forth about whether to call off our Sunday service, and to call off…Read more »
Posted by With any response, there are waves of many volunteers, and dry spells without any teams. Everyone wants to go right after the storm, but it’s harder to recruit teams years after the water had receded and the news cycle has moved on. It’s possible that no one knows this more than the people of Louisiana.…Read more »
Posted by Story by Kevin Watterson, Response Director The bright canary yellow exterior masks the ominous, barren, hopelessness inside of Barbara’s gutted shell of a house. Little was able to be salvaged. The only thing left functional in her house is the toilet. A blue tarp tacked up on the bare stud walls is the only privacy…Read more »
Posted by A storm like Hurricane Katrina takes away more than just houses, it takes away communities. Burnell Cotlon wants his back; he wants to create a community that kids can play safely. The first step in getting there was bringing fresh and healthy food back to the neighborhood, which was 3.5 miles away from the nearest…Read more »
Posted by Eric Couch, Student and Family Pastor at Grace Church (EFCA – Lynchburg, VA) having organized teams to serve with ReachGlobal Crisis Response many times before, knows the life changing effects a trip like this can have in both the lives of those serving, and those being served. He spoke about one volunteer, Bill*, in particular,…Read more »
