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Update From Hattiesburg, Miss.

UPDATE FROM HATTIESBURG: The Rev. Glenn Merritt, director, LCMS Disaster Response, reports that utility crews are still hard at work restoring power to homes and businesses affected by last weekend’s tornado. Mercifully, there are no new reports of damage. The city has authorized a call for volunteers to help clear trees and repair buildings. Patch [...]

Physical, spiritual outreach continues to Sandy survivors

Nearly three months after Superstorm Sandy, eight elderly, single women struggling to resume their lives along the hard-hit New Jersey Shore were among those offered a helping hand with debris and tree removal by Shepherd’s Heart Ministry. “All the women had limited access to help, financial or otherwise,” said David Hildebrandt, Sandy relief coordinator for [...]

Alabama Disaster Relief Update—Lutheran Volunteers Going The Distance

Photo caption: Volunteers from St. Paul Lutheran Church, Grafton, Wis., brought their own New Holland Skid-Steer and loaded city dump trucks. The city of Clay had already owned three dump trucks, but had no way to load them for disaster response efforts in Clay, Ala. The storms with tornadoes that ripped through Alabama on Jan. [...]