5.06.2011

We're Going to Alabama

...and bringing a team with us.

As you all know, on April 27th the worst outbreak of tornadoes in US history devastated the state of Alabama leaving people without homes and wiping out neighborhoods.


In response, our church here in LA is sending a team to Alabama from June 5th-12th to help with the disaster relief.  Matt and I have been tapped to lead the trip as we obviously know the area well. We are going to be housed by our old church Mountain Brook Community and going out every day to pretty much do whatever is asked of us.  I am seeing a lot of manual labor in our future :)

Comment on this post with your email addy...
              If you live in California and are interested in going on the trip
              If you live in Alabama and would like to join us one of the days as a volunteer
              If you would like to financially contribute to our trip
And I will send you some more deets.

Prayers are needed for the planning stages as we are trying to recruit people to join us and prayers are certainly needed for the Alabama folk who have lost everything.

Hope to hear from you soon :)

*photo from CNN.com

5 comments:

E.Amos said...

Are your friends and family alright?

Ellen said...

Our immediate family is ok. Matt's aunt lost her house but she made it.

Would you guys like to come!? You can finally get a taste of the South :)

Laura said...

Ellen,
Ryan and I would love join your team one or a couple days. The volunteer opportunities are endless right now, and the need will likely continue for months. Just let us know as details are planned if you need some more locals to help host your team or just work along side you! Hope you and Matt are doing well,
Laura Adams

Kallam said...

I took that same picture from my iPhone the day after the tornado. Weird. So glad yall are doing this!

Rebecca said...

I'd love to help if I can, but if work gets in the way of that, I'd at least love to see you guys! Reba