Thursday,
March 8, 2018
Dear Friends,
Harvey –
Victory Bible Baptist Church
ORH is so
thankful to partner with Greg Rife, Restore Ministries. He is currently working in a church in Vidor,
TX. ORH has sent $15000.00 to help the
church. Also, $2500.00 has been sent to
help Greg repair his truck which is much used in the work of restoration. Greg sent us the following message.
“Jan, just wanted to give you a quick
update on the progress of our Harvey response here in Southeast Texas. We have
completed our work in the homes that we had committed to restoring and have
been working on repairing the damage to Victory Bible Baptist Church in Vidor,
Texas for the past several weeks. The funds have been raised and the groups
have been scheduled to complete the repairs to all of the classrooms, offices,
nurseries, bathrooms, gymnasium and the auditorium. We are still short about
$20,000 on our fund raising to repair the parsonage/missions house. Spirits are
high and it has been a pleasure working side by side with the members of
Victory to repair their facilities. God is good! We appreciate your support and
prayers. In His Service,
Greg Rife”
Harvey –
Arise Baptist Church
Colonial Hills
Baptist Church has been a wonderful partner with ORH to help people in time of
disaster. Again, their congregation has
been able to send a repair group led by Herb Gaines. ORH supplied money for travel, housing, and
food so they could help the Boyd family return to their home. Thank God for Pastor Will Cover, Arise
Baptist Church, for directing the need to Colonial Hills Baptist Church.
“Jan, Thank you so very much for the
support in this project. It was a
tremendous blessing to partner with ORH and Arise Baptist Church to minister to
the Boyd family in this time of need.
Word today is that with the help of a couple of men in the church at
Arise Baptist, the house will be ready for final inspection by the first of
next week. We were so close prior to
having to leave, however very grateful for Pastor Cover and these dedicated men
to finish the task. Lord-willing, Larry
and Angela Boyd will be in their new home officially next week.... We will look forward to another time to serve
together as the Lord permits. God bless
you. Herb Gaines, Facilities Superintendent, Colonial Hills Baptist Church”
Puerto Rico
Water
Filters
Sheila Sierts
and her husband operate a water filtration company in Bonita Springs, FL. While living in Puerto Rico, they attended
North Point Baptist Church, Pastor Orlando Rivera. When they decided to send water filtration
systems to the devastated island, Operation Renewed Hope offered to pay the
$2000.00 for the shipping for the water filters.
Sheila wrote
the following to explain the work of distributing the free gravity-drip water
filters. These filters can be used
repeatedly with simple cleaning procedures.
Sheila writes.
“Water filters have been distributed to 19 municipalities and reaching
numerous surrounding communities impacting individual’s residences, nursing
homes, churches, and convents. Our team is currently focusing on areas of the
island without power, those with limited road access, and critical medical
needs. Our efforts in Puerto Rico will continue, as our work is not done.
The 1000 water filters were broken up into two shipments in November and
December and are documented on our website….”
Malave’s Home
Paula Van Natta is a missionary working with the deaf in
Puerto Rico with Baptist World Mission.
She sent us the needs of a family with whom she works. The Malave family needed a new roof, and the
roof is very close to being completed.
Operation Renewed Hope sent money to help this family with a new
roof. Please see the pictures on the
PDF. Thank you Paula for your good
heart.
Dominica
Loren and Tim Challenger are sons of Hutson Challenger,
pastor in Dominica. The email below will
tell what they are attempting to do.
“Thanks Jan for your continuous help with
this process. Here is a breakdown of
what we are trying to achieve.
Building Material:
24 windows needs to
be replaced. ( school/Church)
6 Doors
school/church. We are looking to use aluminum doors in the future.
( It prevents
swelling from the rain and winds.)
200 20 ft 20 Gauge galvanize
All income is directed to purchase or
shipping which is an approximate $6500 for an 18 ft container to Dominica. I
hope this helps with the scope of what we are trying to achieve. Thanks again
for all of your support. Tim.Challenger.”
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God bless,
Jan Milton
Operation Renewed Hope
1017 Sage Green Ct.
Raleigh, NC 27610
910-987-5072
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deductible donations, Operation Renewed Hope has added the following
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over distribution of all donations; therefore, please use the designation
description “My preference is” before the designated reason for the
donation. Thank you for helping ORH honor you and the IRS.)
