Disaster Relief wants YOU!

This weekend is the Disaster Relief training taught by Gary Floyd and the Red Cross.
It has been innersteen to hear the history of DR in our association.
Do you want to know how it started?
Some guy from Texas took his RA's camping the same time a hurricane hit and they ended up feeding 150 people with their buddy burners, right there in the camp site!
That was the catalytic event that started things in motion and now, the SBC DR is THE presence at diasters.
When a disaster happens, and we respond, we are considered the "professionals."
I have 3-4 more classes to take to become certifiable...I mean certified, for Mass Care, Shelter Care, and my personal favorite; the ERV(Emergency Response Vehicle).
When axed about why I wanted to do this? I responded; we're called by Jesus Himself. I want to touch people with the love of Christ.
Gary Floyd told us last night that the SBC is looking to send 90 10-man units to India before June 2006 for help in the rebuilding effort.
I'm thinking.....working long hours in a really hot, sticky, place....devastation everywhere....people needing to be touched......standing on once lovely beaches......showers available only from a truck and only once a week....rampant pestilence and disease......knowing that these people consider me an infidel and hate all that I stand for...........an apportunity to share a cup of cool water with the least of these.......priceless.
Wanna go?