The road to recovery is “going to be a long operation” in the states affected by Hurricane Helene and “will need a significant number of volunteers,” said Mark Wakefield, Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief strategist.
Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are headed to do chainsaw cleanup work in Live Oak, Florida, and help feed residents of four counties from ABDR’s mobile kitchen in Alma, Georgia.
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After completing 18 mud-out jobs in flooded parts of Walterboro, South Carolina, Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief teams have packed up and returned home.
Volunteers from Alabama continue to help people with flooded homes in South Carolina, offering practical help but also spiritual encouragement and connecting them with local churches.
As waters are receding around the Edisto River in South Carolina, Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers are hard at work helping area residents whose houses were flooded by Hurricane Debby on Aug. 3.
ABDR chaplain Thelma Goolsby said it’s been “glorious and humbling” to see the way God has been at work in Huffman, Texas – 13 people have prayed to receive Christ since teams arrived July 11.
Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief work in Huffman, Texas, is “fast and furious,” said John Hayes, the ABDR white hat leader on site. And they’ve seen God at work — two people in the community have made decisions to follow Christ.
