Family and Friends,
Today (mar 3rd) we had a few other soldiers of the Lord come with us to Harveyville. We had seven people go, including Myself, Charles and Elvie Aiekens, Micah, Caleb, Jadon (which are my three older boys), and Adam Asebedo (who says he's also ours!) We had a very good work crew for sure! Today our group served in a variety of different ways. First some of us went to pack up belongings for the elderly which were having to move out of there demolition scheduled building. Some of us went to rake and pick up nails for the parade of dump trucks at the Methodist church and parsonage, which were both totally destroyed. After those tasks we all met at a farm just on the edge of town. We were told to start picking up debris on the land and out of the creek. Come to find out this debris were once the farmers out buildings and sheds, I believe he lost every one of them except a damaged pig pen. Our crew and the other teams that were there did such an amazing job separating the personals for the home owners and the rest of the pieces to be hauled away to the land fill. Even though the day(s) have been very exhausting, I believe that our team and the other volunteers would have just kept on asking the question, (where do we go next?) but by the end of this day the work needed done was going to have to be done by heavy equipment and dump trucks.
While we were there serving I couldn’t help noticing how much love you feel from each person that came to help. When God talks about going and helping the needy, and that’s what you go and do. It is very evident that God is right there with you and everyone else serving, by the selfless actions you see and the love that you feel coming from each person. I feel that, if I noticed this that much and I am only one serving, I can only imagine how much love the Holy Spirit is allowing the people in the community to feel!!! This seems to be the eye of hope, or a blanket of peace that is unexplainable that makes a community like this one want to re-build and come back stronger. I thank each of you for your prayers, and please join me in continuing to pray for this community, and those other communities that experience some destruction to feel the same out pour of love as Harveyville has.
With love, Pastor Joey Orebaugh
P.S. Starting Mar 4th if you would like to serve the tornado victims of Harveyville you have to e-mail harveyvilletornado@gmail.com and provide them with your name, address, phone number and how you might be able to serve. This may be the only way through the police barricades into town.
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