“In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how He himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” (Acts 20:35)
Recently, our PBA Disaster Relief team was called to serve in Greenville, MS. 16 of our DR members led by Gary Rogers went to do chainsaw, clean-up and recovery, and mass feeding. While there, the team had contact with a Mrs. Mary Price. I’m going to let Gary Rogers tell you the rest of the story.
“Mrs. Mary Price lived just down the street from one of our job sites and was telling me that a DR team had been to her home and done a lot of work, but they had not finished. Unfortunately, no one had returned to complete it, and she was not happy about this. Demanding that I see her yard, I rode to her house. The job was not complete. I explained to her that I had been given work orders for several homes and was committed to them first, but I promised that I would bring this to our leader’s attention. When I returned to Greenville, I informed leadership that the work was not complete. Well this story continues, I received a phone call from Mrs. Mary telling me that the administrative office informed her that the job had been marked complete. She was not very happy again. After she spoke with the administrative team, we received a work order from them to go to Mrs. Mary’s house on our last day. The uncompleted project took us all day to complete. As our team worked, Mrs. Mary met our chaplains with a very unhappy face. However, as the day wore on, we were able to build a relationship, share the gospel and love on her. Believe it or not, Mrs. Mary prayed to accept Christ as her Savior!!!!!! Praise the LORD!!!!!! We celebrated, sang, and prayed with her at the close of the work day!!!”
If you’d be interested in participating in the PBA Disaster Relief trips, there will be a training on Friday and Saturday, May 1 – 2 at the PBA office and Carrollton Baptist Church. To register for this training, below are the details on how to do it. Go online to: alsbom-gm.org Select the Current AL DR Volunteer tab. Now you are at the login page, user name is your email address. Password: if you have never created one select forgot, and you will receive instructions on how to create one. Once you have entered a good password and have logged in, the system will open up in the Portal Dashboard. Open the Volunteer Account tab, please verify that all your information is correct. Then sign the Liability Release form if you have not done it. Review the date on your background check, if it is close to expiring (a year or less) please do a new background. Open the Portal Dash Board tab, on this page you will find all the training that is available this spring. Pickens Baptist Association training will be at the very bottom of the list. Observe the Course Number of the Class you want to take:
P-0059 Cleanup and Recovery P-0060 Chainsaw
P-0061 Mass Feeding P-0062 Administration
At the bottom left of this page select Register for Class tab, then register for training in Pickens, select.
Until Next Month,
Bro. Lyle