VILLAGE ASSESSMENT

We are assessing the needs in this remote mountain village that was completely swept away by the recent flooding in Pakistan. Waheed and Mohammed Farid are standing in front of all that is left of the homes in this village. The needs there are more than you can possibly imagine. But God has a plan for each of these precious people. Please pray as we seek the heart of God for what he would have us do with our limited resources. I will be leaving to join them in Pakistan soon.

The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Please be in prayer.

Blessings
Ken

ORR 100 Mile Bike Ride - all Bikers Triumphed over the Road!

Omaha Rapid Response (ORR) hosted its first ever Bike Ride to relieve suffering September 11th, 2010. The initially began with my son Isaac (8 years old) who wanted to ride a 100 mile bike ride on his bike this year. Joanie and I have been involved in Omaha Rapid Response for years and asked Isaac what he thought about making the ride a fund raising event ORR. Isaac loved the idea, and so the training began.

Isaac rode over 324 miles this summer during his training for the ORR 100 mile Bike Ride. His brother Caleb (7 years old) decided that while could not ride a 100 miles, he wanted to ride as far as he could to help raise money for ORR.

Rich McGinness, TJ Enst and Mike Hall, Isaac and Caleb’s grandfather also joined the ride. The ride began at 6:05 am on September 11th, 2010.

The terrorist attack on 9/11/2001 was the first disaster Omaha Rapid Response responded to shortly after its founding. Since then ORR has responded to natural and manmade disasters all over the world. From helping clear tree limbs after tornadoes in Omaha to hurricane relief on the gulf coast, to ORR’s ongoing relief efforts in Pakistan and Haiti, ORR has been helping people all over the world. It seemed only fitting to host this bike ride on 9/11 as a way to commemorate our inaugural response and also to honor those lost on 9/11.

The ride began early in the morning at 6:05 am. For 100 miles we pedaled from Ashland to Greenwood, and Waverly. We then proceeded through a corner of Lincoln up through Ceresco and Wahoo. We continued on from Cedar bluffs down through Mead, Memphis and finally back from Ashland.

We were met along the way by their support team and well wishers cheering them on. Joanie and my mom, Susan Hall, and Jill Borgelt provided sag support for the team providing them with water, Gatorade and snacks at various points along the way.
Janet Klein, Susan Hall, Jill Borgelt and Debbie Smith prepared a meal for everyone at the conclusion of the ride.

Here is a list of all the riders and their mileages:

TJ Ernst – 100 Miles
Aaron Hall – 100 miles
Caleb Hall – 18 miles
Isaac Hall – 100 miles
Mike Hall – 100 Miles
Rich McGinness – 100 Miles

I am so proud over everyone involved, our riders, our support team and our donors. And many of these fit into more than one category. I can’t thank you all enough, you all made this a huge success! From the bottom of my heart, Thanks!

On a personal note I am not sure what is sweeter, that joy of watching my boys train and work hard, building character throughout this process, or being able to also do this with my dad, Mike Hall. Three generations of us. Glory be to God for all that He has done!

-- Aaron L. Hall

Village Dobair

Village Dobair is situated about 200 Km from Mansehra ( our working District).
This village once considers to be beautiful and charming picnic spots and people use to visit this village for enjoying the rushing blue water river which passes in the middle of the village.
(File Photo of Village Dobair)

Due to recent flooding in Pakistan the village Dobair has also been badly ruined by the flooded river. More then 300 houses has completely swept away with many commercial shops and hotels.
(Recent Picture of Village Dobair)

We have completed our assessment in this village and planning to lunch our relief activity on the arrival Sir Ken. His schedule flight to Pakistan is on 13th of this month.
We are thankful for you support and prayers.

Omaha Rapid Response Team
Pakistan

SRI LANKA

Brian Smith our director of operations in Haiti is currently in Sri Lanka with Samanga Amarasinghe who is part of our ORR family. They are seeking the heart of God in regards what He wants to do in that country.
ORR worked in Sri Lanka following the 2005 tsunami and Samanga is from Sri Lanka.


Please keep them in your prayers.

Blessings
Ken

Road clean-up in pictures