Monday morning, January 6th we had a message on our answering machine from Jerry Graham, minister of the East Laurel church in Laurel, MS.  Laurel was hit December 16th by a tornado, and a large number of homes had been destroyed or damaged.  A number of tornadoes were reported on the 16th in Louisiana and Mississippi.

On Oct. 26th the west Tennessee counties of McNairy, Decatur and Hardin were devastated by a large storm, prompting the mayors of two of the counties to declare States of Emergency. Churches of Christ Disaster Relief Effort was first notified of the need for aid on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 31st, and our first truck load arrived the following morning at the Scotts Hill church of Christ. It took just two hours to distribute the whole load and another truck was requested.

Two more trailers full of supplies were delivered to two locations in Orange, TX to be delivered by members of the Westgate Church of Christ in Beaumont. These two locations will be used to distribute to flood victims in and around Orange, and Mauriceville, TX

This morning about 230 volunteers packed 1,500 family food boxes at our warehouse at 410 Allied Drive in Nashville, so we can continue to fill requests from congregations in Southeast Texas after Tropical Storm Imelda. Imelda dropped some 40 inches of rain on Southeast Texas. The volunteers packed those 1,500 family food boxes in 1 hour 40 minutes!