Blessings from Oklahoma

Ambassadors of the Lord Most High

Thanks be to Yhwh, that He blesses us with the privilege to be His ambassadors. We are His hands and feet and we are called to carry His light into the darkness.

This past weekend, ORR sent a team of eight to Oklahoma City to continue relief work for the communities hit by the tornados this past May. Although, five months have past, there is still much work to be completed. Some residents are still living in tents and temporary housing. Despite these realities, we observed much hope for the future when talking with people still needing assistance.

During our time there, we ministered to several members of the community that the Lord placed in our path. We installed smoke detectors and cabinets in temporary housing, put up fencing, did some cleaning and installed sub flooring in a local mission….More importantly, we were able to share the Love of Jesus with several victims of the tornados, some just needing a sympathetic ear or a tender hug. It was beautiful to see the way that the Lord has softened hearts and brought gratitude for the simplest of things, as well as His provision.

As always, The Lord in His infinite love & wisdom, blessed and grew each team member as we served others and were served by Hope Church--as they hosted our stay.

Please continue to lift those effected up in prayer before the Father.

with Love,

Jeri Foster

ORR's NEW WEBSITE COMING SOON!

Team #1 to Oklahoma Tornado Relief

On Saturday we arrived in Moore, OK ... right in the heart of the suburbs. There was such major damage in several neighborhoods.
We met many grateful people who had just lost their homes and possessions ... except their lives and hope in God. There was lots of resources of help and many volunteers from churches - locally and nationally. Most of their homes, cars and contents were covered by insurance, which provided some hope for the future.

Sunday afternoon and Monday, we arrived in McLoud OK near Shawnee ... which is a very rural area. We witnessed major damage on a much smaller scale. There was not many resources but the volunteers really started to show up (holiday weekend); to help those affected by the tornadoes. Many of these folks have no insurance and live in trailers and small homes in isolation. These victims really were relying on family, friends, and volunteers from the local church for their basic needs and daily necessities.

My observations of the situation there this past weekend: The Church of the Lord Jesus is alive and well - being the hands and feet of Jesus; doing good works that He prepared in advance for us to do. Eph 2:10

Ed Karbowski

Honor to Serve

It was such an honor to be able to go down to Moore, Oklahoma this weekend.
Upon arrival to the disaster zone, we quickly started assessing the damage and how much was needing to be done ... and listening to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

We connected with a sweet older lady and her family. They had a family member park their RV in her driveway (to live in), with mountains of debris all around. When asked about how they survived, she immediately started to give all the credit (for saving them) to God. Her family normally takes shelter in the now nonexistent hallway of their home ... whenever the sirens were activated. But God had made it possible for the family to be chosen by the State of Oklahoma to receive (a free) underground storm shelter! And it was installed only two weeks prior to the deadly tornado!
She could not stop giving praise to God for saving her family

People were very receptive to telling their story and accepting emotional support. It was amazing to watch neighbors helping each other look for personal belongings or cleaning up. Even though they had equal, if not more loss in their own home. It was such an honor and blessing to serve and love on the people of Oklahoma.

sincerely,
Coletta Matson

Moore. OKC, Edmond, Shawnee Oklahoma

Greeting Dear Saints of the Most High ...

Father has opened the doors for ORR to respond to the disasters in OK. We will be sending a Team down there for the long holiday weekend. This Team will partner with and base out of a local church, close to the devastated areas.  We will help the victims our L-rd puts before us, though we will be surveying many areas (especially those receiving little to no help), over many counties ... to set up for future teams over the next few months. There is an enormous amount of help needed and work to be done. Please let ORR know if you are willing and led to go. Most Teams will be over 3-day weekend schedule, but if there is enough interest, we will also send week-long Teams. Remember: You do NOT need a specific skill set to be a part of these Teams ... just a willingness to Love others and let G-d Love through You! Be blessed and please keep praying and interceding ... THANKS!

Oklahoma Storms May, 2013

Dear Brothers and Sisters ... we have yet another opportunity to serve our Fellow Man. We have tremendous interest in sending team(s) to the Oklahoma City area to help the victims of the latest round of storms. 

We are seeking G-d's Direction and Will for all of the details. Please pray for these victims and the first responders. As we seek / plan His Response to go, be aware that we need ALL OF YOU to partner with us! Prayers, intercession and resources are vitally needed. We will organize as many Teams as needed over the next month or two. Be advised that the rescue operation is underway, and as such, most NGOs will not be granted access to the disaster area until this part is completed. We are looking to send a 'lead team' there as early as this week/weekend ... with larger teams to follow. If you have questions or are led to go, contact: ken@omaharapidresponse.org or laurie@omaharapidresponse.org. Thanks for all your support for ORR. Blessings to You!

ORR in NY [hurricane Sandy]

This is Rich DelSenno ... 

reporting from New Jersey about our trip so far. We have been very busy with work for the 

Sandy hurricane relief project. We were concentrating on taking out subfloors in homes the last couple days and today we did something different. We went to a ministry that ministers to street kids and has a little local community house 

in the backyard of one of the pastors. Our project was to do 
some drywalling and insulate the garage area where Pastor 
Ray has been mentoring some street children on Staten Island. So far we've been working very hard and with great unity. We've had a chance to pray with a gentleman that we met ... a fellow by the name of Phil. We basically took out about 34 feet of his drywall in his garage. We removed his belongings that he had left from the hurricane and put the items back into his garage. Phil explained to us what had happened: he basically lost all of his belongings on his first floor when the water totally filled his basement all the way to the ceiling, and about 3 feet into his second floor. Phil told us that as the storm started to commence, he noticed a car in front of this house that flipped over on its side with an occupant inside. The neighbors were watching out their windows and everyone rushed to the pull him out of the car, and save his life.This was just one story of many that happened during hurricane Sandy, that we listened to on our first evening here.

After  work,  we had an opportunity to visit the Time Square Church which is down on Broadway. Its the church that David Wilkerson had. Next, we removed sub-flooring from a lady's properties ... she was very thankful for the help. Today, we went into Staten Island again and worked with a man who has ministered to the street kids; and we basically did some work in his garage - which is the area that the kids have Bible studies on Mondays.

Monday we're going to go back and finish the work that we started at the pastor's house; and then in the evening we were invited to attend the pastor's birthday at his home.

There's been an interesting thing that happened around Stonecrest Church (where we are staying) ... there was a power outage in the city;  so this church opened their facility to anyone who did not have electricity or subsequent heat in their ome. So, as we came back from our work project and  prepared for that;making coffee and helping with some of this relief effort.Emergency operation management people came out and visited with us and instructed us howto help that area, during the outage.The emergency was called off when the power was restored. 

This trip has been a really a wonderful adventure. Our group has bonded quite well together and we are going to finish up our work project tomorrow and then attend that party. We feel that the Lord has watched over us on this trip. We've met some wonderful people along the way and we feel that the Lord was glorified in our work and He gave us a wonderful

opportunity to serve the people of Staten Island and surrounding areas. So thank you for praying for us and we will see you onJanuary 2nd, Lord willing. Pray for safe trip home ... over and out! 

Rich