Serving - DRS: is a blog about serving with World Renew - Disaster Response Service in the areas of Rapid Response, Needs Assessment and Reconstruction. The blog is written by Catherine Botts, a volunteer.
Saturday, April 29, 2017 - 6:15 pm
Dear Prayer Warriors,
Thank you for your prayers this week! They are working!
People are coming to fill out applications with their Unmet Needs. We have 5 more days to gather information this coming week. We hope and pray that many more people will come into one of the two walk-in centers or open their doors to us when we are in their neighborhood.
As we have driven around the community we have seen progress but we can see so much more devastation. There is so much more work that needs to be done to help the families recover.
Please keep the Albany Relief & Recovery (Long Term Recovery Group) in your prayers as well as the city and county governments. The recovery will take a long time. We pray that they will be able to find the resources they need to help their community. Besides the homes, mobile homes and apartments that need so much work, the community has so many large trees and root balls that need to be cut and disposed of so people feel safe in their yards and neighborhoods.
Please continue to pray for more families to come see us. There were approximately 15,000 people in the two areas that were affected by the storm and tornado.
Link to Albany Herald article for Jan 2nd storm:
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/dougherty-county-declares-state-of-emergency-in-wake-of-powerful/article_105a76cb-fe6a-5879-bbb7-99acf968c25f.html
Link to Albany Herald article for Jan 22nd tornado:
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/storm-system-claims-lives-four-in-dougherty-county/article_9870b8ec-3995-502d-95fe-40532bb28f25.html
One of our devotions this week was from Isaiah 40: 25 - 31. The words were meant to be a comfort to God's people when they were released from captivity. Our prayer is that the words will comfort the families, that they will run and not grow weary as they walk this journey of recovery.
Thanks for your continued support for our team.
Catherine Botts
Saturday, April 29, 2017 - 6:15 pm
Dear Prayer Warriors,
Thank you for your prayers this week! They are working!
People are coming to fill out applications with their Unmet Needs. We have 5 more days to gather information this coming week. We hope and pray that many more people will come into one of the two walk-in centers or open their doors to us when we are in their neighborhood.
As we have driven around the community we have seen progress but we can see so much more devastation. There is so much more work that needs to be done to help the families recover.
Please keep the Albany Relief & Recovery (Long Term Recovery Group) in your prayers as well as the city and county governments. The recovery will take a long time. We pray that they will be able to find the resources they need to help their community. Besides the homes, mobile homes and apartments that need so much work, the community has so many large trees and root balls that need to be cut and disposed of so people feel safe in their yards and neighborhoods.
Please continue to pray for more families to come see us. There were approximately 15,000 people in the two areas that were affected by the storm and tornado.
Link to Albany Herald article for Jan 2nd storm:
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/dougherty-county-declares-state-of-emergency-in-wake-of-powerful/article_105a76cb-fe6a-5879-bbb7-99acf968c25f.html
Link to Albany Herald article for Jan 22nd tornado:
http://www.albanyherald.com/news/local/storm-system-claims-lives-four-in-dougherty-county/article_9870b8ec-3995-502d-95fe-40532bb28f25.html
One of our devotions this week was from Isaiah 40: 25 - 31. The words were meant to be a comfort to God's people when they were released from captivity. Our prayer is that the words will comfort the families, that they will run and not grow weary as they walk this journey of recovery.
Thanks for your continued support for our team.
Catherine Botts
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