Saturday,
December 16, 2017
Dear
Friends,
Hurricane
Harvey
Val
Verde Baptist
Val
Verde Baptist Church has always been a strong and aggressive church. Because of Hurricane Harvey many of their congregation
have been greatly burdened. ORH
discovered that one of their Christian school teachers, Britney Gullickson,
lost her automobile due to Harvey. ORH
was able to help her secure a used car so that she can continue teaching at the
school without taking extra work to afford a car. Thank God for all of you who have made this
possible.
Victory
Baptist Church
Pastor
David Cripps of Victory Baptist Church had many people greatly impacted by
Harvey. Three families have yet to
return to their homes. ORH was able to
send these families financial encouragement.
Pray that the families will be able to return to their homes soon. Pastor Cripps is a good man and pastor for
the people of Victory.
Puerto
Rico
Paula
Van Natta
Paula
Van Natta is a missionary in Puerto Rico with Baptist World Missions. Recently she brought to the attention of ORH
the need of families in one of the mountain regions of Puerto Rico. One family is an older couple who needs
repair to their home. ORH is waiting now
for the repair costs to be finalized so help can be provided. Thank you so much for praying for the
situations.
“Hello Br. Milton,
Paula here in Puerto Rico. Look there is a faithful couple in our church who
are retired, he seems to be in beginning stages of Alzheimer. They have severe roof damage and FEMA is only
offering them a low interest loan to repair the roof. Would Operation Hope be
able to help with supplying building materials to fix their house? FEMA hasn't
even covered the house with a tarp yet.
Building supplies are scarce...a wooden tin roof is what will be
installed again.... Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks.
Hello Bro. Milton!
Here's the list of
materials...the family is more than grateful and ever humbled by whatever you
are able to do. The construction will begin in January Lord willing.”
The
cost of the roof repair and materials at present is about $5000.00. Please pray for this couple. Thank God for Paula.
Pastor
Javier Donatiu
Pastor
Donatiu wrote ORH about the needs for his church, Calvary Baptist Church. ORH was able to send $2500.00 to help with
repairs. Pastor Donatiu wrote the
following.
“Our church is located
in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, …. By the
grace of God, we have 60 faithful members. By the passing of Hurricane Maria
through P.R., our church had some significant damages to the structure. We lost
the ceiling of our youth classroom, our storage ceiling was also destroyed. The
windows of our Sunday School classroom were damaged and other structures were
destroyed as well (light poles, church sign etc.) We believe God has called us to keep working
for Him through hard times and that's why we want to restore our church, God's
church, to continue the work He has called us to do. Thank you so much for your
help!”
JEREMY
MARKLE
Although
our air flights have ceased, we are still concerned about the need for food and
supplies for the people of Puerto Rico.
It is wonderful that men like Jeremy Markle of Baptist World Mission is
concerned about this. ORH was able to
send $1200.00 dollars for Brother Markle to purchase food and distribute. He is working on another food distribution
now to the people. ORH also bought 400
water filters through Allen Copeland who delivered them to Brother Markle to
distribute to the people. Pray for him
as he labors to help the churches and the people of Puerto Rico.
The
following is a series of texts from Brother Markle.
“We made some purchases
of some supplies. Here are the receipts for now. We already distributed some to
one pastor and another is coming tomorrow.
We will need a little time to see the need for future purchases. We are
taking it one day at a time to see how needs develop. Thank you so much for
your help.
Good morning. I wanted
to drop you a quick not to let you know that I received 400 filters yesterday
from brother Copland.
Good evening. I just
had contact with one of the pastors in a more rural area and he is asking for a
few more supplies. We are hoping to get together for some things on Wednesday.
Thankfully the other pastors are doing ok.”
Thank
you for your giving!!
If you wish to give by check, please send the check
to Operation Renewed Hope, P.O. Box 43242, Fayetteville, NC 28309. Please designate the gift for your specific
purpose using “My preference is” then stipulate your preference.
God bless,
Jan Milton
Operation Renewed Hope
1017 Sage Green Ct.
Raleigh, NC 27610
910-987-5072
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