THE MOBILE KITCHEN IS HERE!!!!

It never ceases to amaze me by what GOD accomplishes when we step back and allow HIM to work.

Up until now we have cooked thousands of meals daily on many propane grills following disasters. We have now been blessed with a new 30' mobile kitchen, complete with all the commercial kitchen appliances that will be needed to serve 3,000-5,000 people daily.

We are grateful to White's Ferry Rd. Relief Ministries (White's Ferry Rd. Church of Christ-W. Monroe, LA) for their generosity in helping with the funding for this kitchen.

Do you like to cook???

Do you enjoy fellowship with brothers and sisters???

Do you enjoy serving those in need???

Helping in this mobile kitchen just might be the ministry you've been looking for.

Contact us for more information-- we'd love to have you come work with us.

***If you haven't seen our 1st Response Tool Trailer--scroll down a couple of posts. This is the DRT semi that goes in immediately following a disaster loaded with tools and generators, etc.

My Request of You and a Surprise for Mark

I have a special request to ask of you :)

August 29 is the birthday of the Love of my Life, the man I adore, my husband. I have nothing special planned for his birthday, for one........because it falls smack dab in the height of hurricane season and we never know where we're going to be, and two...because this year it happens to fall one day after the birth of our 5th grandchild (yes I really do know he's going to be born the 28th, it's a scheduled C-section) It isn't that I'm privy to special info :)

Anyway.....for my request.....I know this is short notice, however.......my request is to get as many of our dear friends (those we've met and even those we've yet to meet) to send him a birthday card. This will be a huge surprise to him! How do I know that?!?!? Well.....I've asked him to read my blog and so far I don't think it has happened (of course if he had, he may have made me go offline by now ).....he just isn't into computers, not that he wouldn't like to be, he is just more "hands on" if you know what I mean.

Thank you for helping me celebrate his birthday this way even though we may not be in the same town or state we can still be together in spirit and thought. AND....Don't worry if it's a little late getting here, it will still mean just as much to him.


Here is the address:

Mark Cremeans
5745 Belmar Dr.
Huber Heights, Ohio 45424



Later in the week I will be posting a picture of the new mobile kitchen unit---
GOD IS BLESSING THIS MINISTRY TREMENDOUSLY!!

**Thank you for your responses to our request for a semi driver. Our semi trailer arrived in Troy, Ohio this morning.

REFLECTIONS

This is a picture of our first response tool trailer.
We are in need of a driver to bring it from North Alabama to Ohio. If you are able or know of someone, please contact Mark at 937-308-0035.

Mark, Ashley and I are on our way back to Ohio for some rest and to welcome our 5th grandchild into this world. Although all the traveling that we need to do can become quite tiresome, it also allows me to sit back and reflect on the many blessings God has given me, the truly wonderful brothers and sisters I have met through DRT, the amazing work that has been accomplished through GOD by the DRT team, and the excitement I have about the work that is taking place now and will continue in the future through the follow up work with Bible Studies, Baptisms, and classes for new Christians. The traveling also gives me time to be reminded of my own shortcomings, my tendancy to be impatient, I'm reminded that I don't pray near as much as I wish I did or know I should, nor do I take the time to read my Bible as much as I wish I did or know I should. Not to mention all my other shortcomings....there just isn't enough space here :) I'm sure you know what I mean though, we all have shortcomings and we all have things we want and need to work on. Let's all make it our goal today to work on these things that will bring us closer to our LORD and in turn will bring others closer to HIM as well.

CREEKWOOD CHURCH OF CHRIST.........We can't say enough about this wonderful congregation!!! They opened their doors to DRT for almost an entire year!! They have been an awesome congregation to work with and we appreciate them so much!! AND....we're not just saying that because they took us out for a wonderful dinner and gave us a yummy gourmet gift basket either Although we really did appreciate it!! We have now given Creekwood their building back to them, even though as we know Creekwood they will continue to use their building to serve the Lord, it won't just sit there.

BAYOU LA BATRE
We have moved several of our tool trailers and RV's to Bayou La Batre to work with the new church there. Our DRT evangelist (Don Hudson) and his wonderful wife Rosemary is there preaching and doing Bible Studies as well as following up with people who DRT members have previously helped. Our coordinators (Steve and Stacy Baxter) are there to help take care of volunteers as well as working with Don and Rosemary. The Cox Blvd. Church of Christ, Sheffield, AL. will also be sending teams down to do evangelistic follow up.

ARE VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED???? YES

We need volunteers for: drywall
painting
Framing
Evangelistic Teams

WE ARE IN NEED OF A SEMI DRIVER WITH A TRACTOR THAT CAN BRING OUR SEMI TRAILER FROM NORTHERN ALABAMA TO OHIO. IF YOU CAN DO THIS OR KNOW OF SOMEONE, PLEASE CONTACT MARK. 937-308-0035

UPDATE FROM ENDWELL, NY

The following is an update from Dave Halligan of the Endwell Church of Christ in Endwell, NY.

As you will read in the update....this is also a good time for me to remind all of our volunteers that it is very important to always make sure you are up to date on your tetanus shot before going to work in a disaster area.




This past week we had the church of Christ Youth group from Evansville, Indiana and 4 adults from the Bethpage church of Christ on Long Island. Our workgroup totaled around 36 people.
During the week we were able to cleanout nine homes. Five of those homes required a complete teardown of walls, floors, cabinets, sinks, toilets and bathtubs. Two of those homes were very bad and had a considerable amount of mud and mold. Several people took pictures and we will send those out in a later email. I am enclosing a picture taken by the local newspaper while the youth group was cleaning out a home in Endwell. There were only a few small injuries during the week and everyone was taken care of at our local walk in clinic. Alan stepped on a nail and received one of the most expensive tetanus shots on record (I’ll let Alan speak to that one). Andrea scraped her knee and legs. She was the favorite patient at the clinic.
The kids also went door to door on Wednesday and Thursday to see if people needed help and also invited them to have dinner with us.
On Wednesday night several of the boys read scripture, offered prayers and George and Alan led the singing. It was a wonderful way to end the day and close out our week, listening to young voices singing praises to God.
I also want to thank the parents of each of the teens and the chaperones. This was the best bunch of kids we have had here over the years, you can see that each of them loved the Lord, were very well behaved and worked very hard without complaining.


Your Brother in Christ
Dave Halligan