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Outreach - February - March 2024:
Rolling Fork, Mississippi
At 8:00pm on March 24, 2023, ROLLING FORK was mowed over by an EF4 Tornado. The exceptionally wide, ¾ mile, path ran for over 59 miles. The track was from the Southwest to the Northeast, the same layout as the town. It ran right up through the middle! Over 260 of the 500 structures were completely destroyed. Some of the richest soil in the world is here But that does not equate to financial freedom, 38% of the people live below the Poverty Line, compare that to 24% for the State and 15% at other states. Rolling Fork Rising organized and began assisting this group of people. Hand of Hope Omaha took Three teams totaling nearly 90 and worked for three weeks. Thank you for the Financial Support from Westside Baptist - Omaha, Bethel Baptist - Ord, NE, plus several small Central Nebraska churches. See Pictures and recaps at the "Rolling Fork" button. |
Outreach - February - March 2023:
Grand Isle, Louisiana had been hit by 150+ mph winds back on August 29, 2021 when Cat 4 Hurricane Ida pummeled the island. Our Mission was to help rebuild the infrastructure, community, homes and lives. This Barrier Island of only 1,100 people is 7 miles long and a half mile wide and 40-50% of the homes were destroyed.
We rebuilt homes and celebrated Educators and Students with supplies, books and equipment for their school. We shared over 2,200 volunteer hours on 12 projects around the island over the 3 weeks. Three teams took week-long trips to Grand Isle:
See pictures and recaps at the Grand Isle Button. |
Outreach - February 2022:
Mission trips to Lake Charles, Louisiana were the weeks of February 26 and March 4. We partnered with Fuller Center Disaster ReBuilders again as they set up our housing and case management.
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Outreach - MAY 2021:
HOUSTON/League City - 2021 -
The weeks of May 10 and 17 we sent teams to downs on the southeast side of Houston as we teamed up with a coalition of Omaha churches and Orphan Grain Train of Norfolk, NE to become “Team Nebraska” for this mission.. In Texas we assisted two non-profits, Fuller Center-Disaster Rebuilders and 4B Disaster Response Network (located in Texas City, TX). They are responding to the havoc created when in February, freezing temperatures swept deep into Texas causing the…. “Texas Frozen Pipe Disaster”. |
Outreach - 2019 and 2020:
March 15, 2019 was the beginning of significant flooding from North central Nebraska all the way to the Southeast corner of the state plus flooding across the river into Iowa. Heavy rain on top of record snow fall, coupled with 60 degree temperatures melted nearly the entire snow base in 2 days. Waters ran wildly as the ground was frozen solid. Next, levees and dams broke which created walls of water and amplified the water volume heading into already flooded areas.
Our 191 volunteers shared 3,695 service hours with 22 families and their communities, from Pacific Junction, Iowa (2,510 hours) to Bellevue, NE/Valley (480 hours). This all began as we returned from three trips to Houston in February and March. (705 hours). In 2020, we worked in smaller teams through July, contributing another 800 hours in Pacific Junction, but we wrapped up due to Covid-19 concerns. From February through September 2020 we also became a furniture donations conduit, taking several trailer loads of furniture to Pacific Junction. Donated Kitchen Cabinets were reconstructed and refinished to fit perfectly into the last two homes we assisted with. We GREATLY appreciate the dedication of volunteers as we worked for over 15 months on this single disaster. |
A huge THANK YOU to retailer Bomgaars and DeWalt Tools as they teamed up to make a fantastic donation of tools to Hand of Hope. We greatly appreciate their commitment to help rebuild homes. It's terrific to have battery powered tools for our volunteers to use and eliminate dragging multiple extension cords through the work area.
Hand of Hope Ministries is built on a strong foundation in scripture. The verse below affirms our mission belief that we are here for a specific reason and we should not stop short in achieving what we have been created to do.
Mission Statement: Hand of Hope Ministries is focused on spreading the love of Jesus to the Poor, Uninsured and Underinsured. We will share our unique God-given talents by reaching out to be His hands, His feet and His voice to those impacted by natural disasters throughout the Central United States. His love is spread through rebuilding both their damaged homes and lives, through community outreach and one on one prayer. Providing Hope to the hopeless and raising up volunteers to be Disciples of Christ.
For we are God’s handiwork,
created in Christ Jesus to do good works,
which God prepared in advance for us to do.
Ephesians 2:10
‘Truly I tell you,
whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,
you did for me.’
Matthew 25:40
whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine,
you did for me.’
Matthew 25:40
Hand of Hope Ministries of Omaha, Nebraska, EIN # 46-4744120, is tax exempt as a Public Charitable organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Donations to Hand of Hope Ministries may be tax-deductible. Consult your Tax Adviser.