Disaster Response Team
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...
Previous Deployments:
Chaplaincy Deployment to Paradise (12-2-18 to 12-9-18)
The Camp Fire Deployment to Paradise, CA 12/2/18 to 12/9/18 This is a summary of a deployment as a Chaplain with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team. Here are some statistics taken from the Cal-Fire Website: -Size of the fire: 153,336 acres -Structures Destroyed:...
Chaplaincy Update from Wilmington, NC
The following is a brief summary of events that took place on Deployment with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team as a Chaplain from 11/4/18 to 11/11/18, and then as a Samaritans Purse Volunteer from 12/11 to 12/15/18: Two stories from the first week of Chaplain...