Thursday, December 02, 2010

I need some local disaster relief volunteer help this Winter in Bucyrus

I need the help of a few people to work on a project with me back up in Bucyrus. This is an opportunity to help a family that has sacrificed much to help their community after flooding in late 2007. Servants Unite sent a number of volunteers up and I spent two weeks helping Linn Ash organize intake, assessments, and volunteer teams following unprecedented flooding across Northern Ohio. Here's a reference from the blog from the first day we worked there.

Now Linn's family needs our help. They are accustomed to being the helpers, not the helped so the need for assistance is uncomfortable for them. Linn has strong faith, but physical issues are getting to be a problem. Since our work there, her family has found they have a couple different, rare genetic diseases. The symptoms of those are racking up some disabilities for Linn, her husband Tim, and their kids. Their two story house is getting to be a problem.

They were able to buy a ranch house this week. It needs a couple doors widened and maybe a ramp built as well as normal pre-move in prep. Then we need to help them move and prepare their current home for sale. That will involve some additional destruction/light construction work. Selling season starts in Spring, but I'm sure they'll want to have that stresser taken care of as soon as possible.

If you think you'll be able to help me on Saturdays or Sundays over the coming weeks, or you can lead work on a week day, please send me an email. I'll add you to my list and keep you notified as work dates solidify so you can determine whether you can help those days. If you can, please pray for the Ash family and for God to use His people to meet their physical needs. There may also be need for some materials. If you'd like to help out with those, please email me as well.

Thanks guys!