Disaster Relief Updates from 2016

DISASTER RELIEF UPDATES In 2016 so many of you said, "Here am I. Send Me," when we called for volunteers to serve with us during 2 different Disaster Relief trips. Thank you for your willingness to serve! We wanted to provide both teams with some updates from just a few of the families we impacted... Please also keep those who are currently experiencing bad weather, including tornadoes, as the night begins to fall and the winds pick up.  LA - Penny & David (House #1)   Penny & David have kept in touch with SMM since we worked on their home in August. So we wanted to share with you all how they are doing... Below are a few pictures that show their house coming along... One of the pictures also shows a painting that was donated by a local Hardee County Artist that we mailed to Penny & David just before Christmas as a reminder to them that God is faithful even during hard times. They've asked for prayer in the following ways: Flood insurance is not paying enough for people to rebuild their homes. Pray we make very wise financial decisions and that God will bless and multiply the funds we do have. There are only so many Louisiana state licensed workers so most of them have inflated their prices. We had a painter that stole from us yesterday so we are trying to find an honest painter at reasonable price. Still a lot of work to do and pray for honest workers. Thank you so much for your prayers, work and continued support. - Penny        FL - Nanette Hill (House #1)  Ms Hill sent a card to us recently with the following update:    11-18-16 Have to apologize to you great folks - taking so long to send from my heart a most grateful THANK YOU. You were a God "send" to me, I couldn't have asked for better people that surrounded me with the Lord's blessing. I have been going since the hurricane trying to get back to some sort of "normal." Today is the first time I haven't done something to clean or mend from the storm. I can now breath and slow down but my body have a much needed rest. My house is safely enclosed. I have continued to feel his blessing with others that have crossed my path. Thank you very much! God Bless you all, Nanette Hill (Mims, FL)  Trip Photo Albums  We were able to complete a photo album from the Melbourne Trip. If you did not get one and would like one, they are $23 each. Click here to view. *We are still working on one for the Louisiana Trip.* Disaster Relief TrainingFor those of you who are interested in Disaster Relief Training, there are several dates and times available in 2017. Currently SMM has not decided on 1 specific date that we will be attending. We will however, include this information in our monthly newsletter and post online via social media, when we have decided.  Click here for Training Dates