Thelma Goolsby said now that she’s back in Alabama, she wants to keep the feeling she had all last week. She saw God at work in Huffman, Texas, as Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief teams helped clean up trees and limbs after Hurricane Beryl. “It’s been glorious and humbling,” said Goolsby, who serves as
Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief work in Huffman, Texas, is “fast and furious,” said John Hayes, the ABDR white hat leader on site. “By the end of the day (July 15), we’ll have over 200 work requests,” he said. After Hurricane Beryl battered the area and knocked over trees, an ABDR admin
The first Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are on the ground in Huffman, Texas, and getting ready to help this weekend with cleanup in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl. “We’re going to provide chain saw support to the community,” said John Hayes, the white hat leader for ABDR in Huffman. “Right now,
HOUSTON – Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) units have deployed in and around Houston up into Texarkana in response to Hurricane Beryl, which made landfall early Monday morning, July 8. Units with the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention (SBTC), Texans on Mission, Arkansas and Alabama are providing meals, showers and
As Jimmy Bolin walked up to his church to survey the tornado damage Jan. 9, he said one thing stood out, and it wasn’t that the damage was “bad, really bad.” “On our sign for New Year’s, I’d put, ‘Praise the Lord in 2024,’” said Bolin, who serves as pastor
Following a tornado that ripped through her Madison, Tennessee, neighborhood and dropped a huge tree in her driveway — just missing her house — Brandie Lee didn’t know where to start with the cleanup. During the storm, she received a text from a neighbor saying, “Um, our shed is in
About a week and a half after Hurricane Idalia hit the Florida Gulf Coast, Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief work is still ongoing in Florida and Georgia. Mark Wakefield, state disaster relief strategist, said volunteers are just days away from wrapping up their work cleaning out flooded homes and serving meals to the
When Bob Cooper sat down beside Mr. D, the man gave him one directive — he wasn’t allowed to talk about religion or politics. “When Hurricane Ian came through Arcadia, Florida, he and his wife only had minor damage, but she called and asked for a chaplain to come because
Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief teams have deployed to assist areas of Alabama that were hit hard by the storms and tornadoes of January 12. People are hurting. Some local church facilities were damaged or destroyed. Your gifts will go directly to help these needs and more. (No DR contribution is
Five weeks after Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida, Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief teams are packing up to come home.“It’s faster than I thought — I anticipated us being there at least two more weeks,” said Mark Wakefield, state disaster relief strategist.Alabama Baptist teams — which have been based in Arcadia,
Becky Noland knows what it’s like to be at your wit’s end and have someone show up with food. “I grew up on the Gulf Coast in Texas and experienced what it’s like to go through hurricanes,” she said. And after she moved to Alabama, she often would go back
Cliff Knight said he knew God had arranged the visit before he even got to the house. It was his first day as an Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief chaplain, and he was riding around Arcadia, Florida, with Rich Power, an assessor visiting homeowners who had requested help in the wake
