This past Saturday, Chad and I (with a couple of the young men) had the opportunity to go to a place about 1 1/2 hours from here called Findlay. They have had severe flooding and the church has stepped up to give disaster relief. We have never participated in a relief effort by the church before and it was a neat experience. 4 semi trucks were drivin in from Salt Lake with cleaning supplies that were needed for the clean-up effort. These are all put into buckets with the churches name on them and then passed out to whomever needs them. Our job was to take these buckets and go to a person's home (or business) that had requested help and help them with whatever they needed. It was so sad to see these homes that had been completely ruined by flood waters (basements were completely submerged and they had about 2-3 feet on the main level floors). Every bit of sheetrock and flooring and furniture had to be thrown out. The homes were completely gutted. The church was one of the main helping forces there, taking referrals from the American Red Cross. We were also all given shirts (also from Salt Lake) to identify us as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Ready to work
Ready to work
Mormon Helping Hands
Getting more buckets
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Do you want me to point out the typos?, or just let it slide this time!?
Oh, and it's nice to see the t-shirts that promote the church's wanting to get away from being referred to as "Mormons" instead of the LDS church!
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