Including Monday, today, and to be done Wednesday, we will have delivered or had picked up 600+ Cleaning buckets and 3,000 Health Kits to local churches to distribute in Christ's name . . . Antioch, Hillcrest, Bellevue, Bon Aqua, Joelton, New Bethel, Clarksville District, Palmyra, Dickson (to be shared with Waverly, Kingston Springs, Cumberland District), 61 st Ave., and Bethlehem (Franklin). We hope to have more from UMCOR and N.C. tomorrow or Thursday.
Many churches and communities have been able to charge full into serving their affected parishes. Others may need more support from the District and Conference. Please be patient as we try to spread the few with disaster leadership experience around.
A general rule of thumb, the length the emergency phase lasts, about 4 days in our case, the relief phase (stabilizing community and restoring basic services, food, shelter, medical care) will last 10 times that (40 days). The Recovery is 10 times that (400+days). We've started a long, difficult journey, but our God has walked with his people along many such journeys and does still today.
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