Hi,
I am heading up to Van on Sunday and working at least through Wednesday but
that might be extended. If anyone wants to participate, and can have an open
return date, let me know and I will send materials. The woman I coordinated
with at Samaritans said there are lots of spaces for men, only a few spaces for
women.
Michael
From: amc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
stephen hochstetler
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 3:36 PM
To: Michael Shirk
Cc: Austin Mennonite Church
Subject: [amc] Re: Texas Disater Assistance
Michael,
I am not aware of any Mennonite Disaster Service responses that are taking
place in Texas at the moment. Investigations could be going on by the
regional director right now and we wouldn't really know about it here. If
MDS comes in later to help rebuild, it will likely be next fall once the local
infrastructure gets in place for rebuilding to happen. If there was
Mennonite churches in those counties then you would likely see MDS get involved
a bit quicker because there would be a local coordinator they would work with.
We may be a bit slower sometimes coming into an area to help. From my
experience, MDS is very close to the last group to leave once they have arrived
and started helping.
Usually after this type of event there are a number of quick responding groups
that help with cleanup, but don't do that much rebuilding. The Baptists and
others are probably there right now cutting trees, etc.
If you want to get immediately involved another good organization that helps to
cleanup is Samaritan's Purse
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/texas-tornado-response/#<http://www.samaritanspurse.org/article/texas-tornado-response/>
They will also do some repairs / rebuilding. This group is in north
Texas now.
Steve H.
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Michael Shirk
<Michael.Shirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Michael.Shirk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi,
Does anyone know of any service/assistance activities in response to the
tornados and flooding in Bosque, Clay, Denton, Eastland, Gaines, Montague, and
Van Zandt counties? Anyone have a contact I could reach-out to?
Thanks,
Michael
