First Baptist Church, Pell City, in St. Clair Baptist Association sent volunteers to Ecuador and Philadelphia during October.
Six women from the church went to Philadelphia Oct. 10–14 to work with Ezekiel Baptist Church. The team helped throw a block party, prayer walked throughout the surrounding area and helped build a prayer garden for Ezekiel Baptist. At the block party, seven people were saved.
A team of 18 went to Ecuador and worked with several churches doing door-to-door evangelism and discipleship training in areas that do not have a local church body.
East Pointe Baptist Church, Spanish Fort, in Baldwin Baptist Association took 11 volunteers to New Orleans Oct. 15–18 to help rebuild a house.
According to Todd Davidson, missions committee chairman at East Pointe Baptist, the homeowners had been living in a FEMA trailer behind their home since Hurricane Katrina but were hoping to move back in by this Thanksgiving.
To help them meet this goal, the volunteers from East Pointe helped repaint the exterior of the house and repair old trimming.
Davidson said the experience was evidence of the ability to show the love of Christ through “putting your hands to work.”
A group of nine volunteers from Winston Baptist Association went to New Orleans Oct. 21–26 to help rebuild three houses.
During the course of the week, they helped install Sheetrock in the homes but also, according to Al Hood, director of missions for Winston Association, learned a valuable lesson about contentment.
“You learn to appreciate your house,” Hood said. “You learn that no matter how bad things are for you, it could be worse.”
Five women from Adger Baptist Church in Mud Creek Baptist Association went to the Cherokee reservation in North Carolina in October.
They took supplies to a children’s home and local nursing home and had several opportunities to meet and build relationships with residents of the nursing home.
Although they were not allowed direct contact with the children at the children’s home, the women were able to establish several contacts that could make it possible for future missions work.
In light of this trip’s success, Adger Baptist is currently making preparations for another trip to the Cherokee reservation area.
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