First Baptist Church, Alexander City, in Tallapoosa Baptist Association took 21 families (65 people) to New Orleans Jan. 18–21 as part of Operation NOAH Rebuild. According to Matt Adams, student minister for First, Alexander City, the trip accomplished the twofold purpose of fostering better communication between teenagers and parents and helping in the rebuilding process for four homes.
“The ultimate goal is to share Jesus Christ,” Adams said. “But by helping people rebuild their homes, we are earning the right to be heard.”
Shane Lee of Faith Chapel Baptist Church, Marion, in Cahaba Baptist Association traveled to Nicaragua on a medical missions trip Jan. 5–13 with a team from First Baptist Church, Minden, La. Working in villages surrounding the city of Diriamba, the team saw more than 1,700 people with a variety of medical issues, ranging from parasites to anemia to respiratory problems.
In addition, it was able to share the gospel. “The medicine was the lure,” Lee said. “But people would first go through a Bible study before they were checked in, so the [gospel] was put out.”
A team of volunteers from Etowah Baptist Association went to New Orleans Jan. 12–19 as part of Operation NOAH Rebuild. Led by Vernon Lee, a member of White Springs Baptist Church, Rainbow City, the group spent the week providing food for volunteers helping in the city’s rebuilding process.
Almost Home, a southern gospel quartet from Ranburne, traveled to Mauk, Ga., in December 2007 to provide food, clothing and baby items for members of County Road 45 Tabernacle Church. The church currently meets in a chicken house that was remodeled into a worship area. In addition to food and other necessities, Almost Home, whose managers are members of Freedom Baptist Church, Ranburne, in Cleburne Baptist Association, distributed toys to children in the Mauk community.
The trip was sponsored by Amazing Grace Ministries, a North Carolina-based organization founded in 2006 by Larry and Lucetta Ward after the two recognized the poverty in Mauk.
Four members of First Baptist Church, Montgomery, in Montgomery Baptist Association traveled to New Orleans Jan. 11–14. Led by Minister of Missions Brian Gay, the team held a prayer walk in the Lower Ninth Ward and helped in rebuilding a house in St. Bernard Parish.
“When we come to New Orleans, we come to touch both the physical and spiritual needs,” Gay said. “Working in construction can open a door to share the gospel.” First, Montgomery, plans to send a team of 30 to New Orleans in August.
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