Disaster Response Team
Vermont Flooding (July 2023)
Shining His Light In A "Dark" Place Samaritan’s Purse acts Quickly to Assist Hundreds of Traumatized, Dismayed and Disoriented Vermont homeowners to Deal with and Rebound from Vermont’s most Devastating Flooding In Nearly a Century. Samaritan’s Purse volunteers from...
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12 Tornado barrage in Shawnee, Oklahoma (May 2023)
Samaritan Purse Tornado Response to 12-Tornado Barrage of Property Destruction and Human Loss In Shawnee, Oklahoma Includes Local Volunteer from CCModesto (article written by John Upshaw) Through the intwined and often snapped branches of this tornado twisted Elm...
Englewood, Florida and Monterey Park, California Deployment
Mike How, Vickie How, and myself left Sacramento Airport with the ministry to homeowners in mind; those who are still suffering from the effects of Hurricane Ian in Central/West Florida. While in transit to this deployment, we were notified that we very possibly might be reassigned to Monterey Park, CA because of the mass shooting incident that took place on that Saturday Night prior to our departure (1/21/2023).
St Louis Deployment #2
Samaritan's Purse Deployment to St. Louis, Missouri (Ferguson, Missouri) 9/12 to 9/17/2022 This was our 2nd trip to this flood relief deployment. As I mentioned last time, these folks feel like they've been forgotten in this area because of all the national media...
Summary of Deployment to San Jose, CA mass shooting
John Kern – Deployment Summary to San Jose, CA Billy Graham Rapid Response Team 5-27-21 to 6-2-21 Myself, Mike How, and Vickie How were asked to go to San Jose after the tragic shooting of 9 Santa Clara Valley Transit Authority employees (VTA) at the light rail yard...
Samaritan’s Purse Deployment to Pendleton, Oregon 2/24 to 2/29/20
The city of Pendleton is approximately 16000 people and it was impacted by a localized flooding event the weekend prior to Valentine's Day. The Samaritan's Purse Deployment started on the 15th of February and will come to a conclusion on March 3rd . We had...
Chaplains Witness Remarkable Resilience
'There is Hope': Chaplains Encourage Hurricane Dorian Survivors Since Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas last fall, the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) has offered emotional and spiritual care to those facing devastating loss. “There’s a resilience in the...
Bahamas Deployment for Hurricane Dorian – October 2019 (5th-13th)
Summary: Hurricane Dorian struck the Bahamas on or about September 25th, 2019. It came ashore as a Category 4, carrying winds of up to 160 miles per hour. The storm was centered over Grand Bahama, Man of War Cay, Abaco Island, and Elbow Cay. The main distinction...
Bahamas Relief: Franklin Graham on the Ground
Providing Life-Saving Care to Dorian Survivors I've just returned from the Bahamas, where I met with our Samaritan's Purse team on the ground who are working day and night to help the victims of Hurricane Dorian. The devastation is hard to fathom. Dorian was a...
Flood Deployment to Muskogee, Oklahoma – June 2019
Summary of Samaritan's Purse Deployment I had the great privilege once again to serve with Samaritan’s Purse assisting homeowners in a flooded area in and around Muskogee, Oklahoma from 6/15/19 through 6/19/19. We assisted two homeowners in the “mud out” of their...
Campfire Disaster Chico – One Womans Hope after Abortion (12-3-18)
BGEA RRT Chaplain report - Mike How Tim and I teamed up together and were assigned to the BGEA RRT Table with Samaritan's Purse at the LAC (Local Assistance Center) in Chico. The BGEA RRT Chaplains were responding to the Chico-Paradise Fire Disaster. A women came up...