Unity through Disaster

It has been almost a month since a round of tornadoes decimated the southern United States. Our early response effort has led us to several places of ministry in Alabama. We've been amazed at how churches from all over the U.S. have come to serve.

We're launching teams all summer long. You can read more below to find out what we're doing to make a difference in the lives of those affected by the tornadoes.

Here's a recent update from Richard Rogers, one of our field staff:

"It’s so amazing how this tornado has brought such a diverse group of volunteers together and welded them together in friendship and a strong sense of becoming a real family. That’s exactly what’s happened at one family's house.

Elaine and Edward are in their seventies, and Edward has been incapacitated from a car accident since last September. The tornado hit their property so hard that it looked like an atomic bomb had hit it. There were over 30 trees downed in the yard.

Elaine was already stretched to the limits of her ability just taking care of Edward, and now this disaster seemed like the end of the world for them. They had no insurance or money available to repair their house or remove the debris.

Days after the storm many different church groups along with our AIM <http://adventures.org/>  team started working on their property. Those on the ground have quickly formed a bond and sense of family in the group.

Elaine was so loving and grateful that everyone "adopted" her, and treated her like their own family or mom. Her love brought all of us together like a family, and we all worked hard and side by side, and our different denominations and cultures didn’t separate us at all.

This stood out to me and caught my attention, making me grateful that God allowed me to be a part of it.  

This is how the church should be. And it really worked up on Sand Mountain in May 2011."  http://alabama.myadventures.org/?filename=being-the-church-after-disaster-strikes

For more information on how you can get involved go here.

  http://www.adventures.org/alabama/