Several Updates including Tornado Relief

Wanted to keep you up to date on what’s going on with Servants Unite. We have several trips scheduled out through the end of July. These are continued relief for the New Orleans area and on standby for a new area in need of urgent relief should one come up. If you have a group for a summer mission trip to the gulf coast check out that schedule or request a date.

We’re also looking for first responders. Doctors, nurses, and EMTs are certainly needed, but anyone who has quick availability, teachers and bus drivers in the summer, homemakers, or anyone who can leave on short notice are needed to make our first run into a new relief situation. Tasks will include transporting and distributing relief supplies and initial cleanup.

Along those lines I have made a contact in Dyer County Tennessee about the relief need there. This area was badly damaged in Sunday night's storms. News reports last night talked about over 1000 houses destroyed. They have had many such inquiries and are planning on hosting volunteers for the upcoming weeks in the West Dyersburg Church of Christ building. They will provide food as well. Most roads are open today and areas are being secured for electric and other hazards. Primary work is cleaning up brush.

Servants Unite can organize a team of volunteers to work in the area if there is interest. Tentative departure would be this Sunday April 9 at 12:30 returning Saturday evening, April 15. In addition to the recommendations on the volunteer link at www.servantsunite.org, the team will need chain saws, wheelbarrows, work vehicles (trucks), and trailers. If you can join that team or lend tools, please email john@servantsunite.org or call 614-404-8610.

We also have Team 12 for Katrina relief departing at 12:30 Saturday, April 8 from Spring Road Church of Christ. This is a large group of high school students on spring break with some adult volunteers and sponsors from 6 different churches. Over the course of today, this team grew from 16 to 27 volunteers! Come out to wish them well Saturday and lift them up in prayer this week!

Finally, watch for the new web site coming soon! Todd and I have been fiddling with this for a month or so now and I think you’ll find it an easy resource to use once complete. Thanks for our continued support and interest. Together we are growing Servants Unite!

John McGuire