LCMS Van Work Day

Although it started out very soggy, we had a very successful work day assisting residents of Van, TX as they clean up after the town was hit by an EF 3 tornado.

We began working in a steady rain, after about two hours the rain quit and the sun even peek through the clouds a couple of times.

52 members of North Texas area LCMS Congregations turned out despite the weather to assist members. Some members used chain saws to remove the remains of trees destroyed by the storm. Some members moved debris from residents yards to the curb to be removed by the city. Some members help residents remove sheetrock, carpet and insulation from their homes. Others help residents remove furniture from their homes. One of our members even assisted in the Volunteer Center.

The Holy Cow Smokers from Lamb of God in Flower Mound, TX. provide lunch for all the volunteers as well as residents in the tornado-stricken area. They served a total of 140 meals.

You can view more pictures from the work day at :  https://bslc.box.com/s/aa14iivc4k6dig0wkvmy3zgd06nvr03u

Blessings,

David Ricks

The Disaster Care Ministry Delivers Flood Buckets to Rain Soaked San Marcos

On Saturday May 23 and Sunday May 24 the Blanco River Crest at a record flood levels. Sunday morning the river crested at 43 ft., 30 ft over flood stage. At that time the flow rate of the river was 223,000 cubic feet per second - 2.5 times the flow rate of Niagra Falls.

Assessments are still being done on homes damaged, but we were told yesterday that over 1,000 homes were destroyed or severely damaged in the Wimberly, San Marcos area.

In Discussions with Mark Minick with Upbring we were made aware of an immediate need for Flood Buckets in the area. We Recieved the request for buckets at about 2:00 PM on Tuesday. By

5:00 the trailer loaded with about 300 buckets was hitched up and Dan Cowan and I were pulling out for San Marcos. We spent the night in Temple were Chad and Kayla Winkler put us up for the night. We pulled up to the Volunteer Center at San Marcos by 10:30. A wonderful group of volunteers from Americorp help use unload the buckets. The buckets were to be taken out and distributed to families who had received flood damage, After unloading the trailer Dan and I arrived back in the Metroplex at about 4:30. It was a quick turn around, but it is nice to know that we can meet these types of needs in less than 24 hrs.times

Disaster Relief Work Day - Van, TX - May 30

Disaster Relief Work Day



Where:

 Van Texas

When :

 Saturday May 30 at 9:00 AM

Meetat the Van High School

985 N Maple St, Van, TX 75790




On the evening of May 10 an EF3 Tornado hit the town of Van
Texas, killing two and doing approximately $40 million in Damage.



The Disaster Care Ministry of Beautiful Savior Lutheran
working with Trinity Lutheran and the Volunteer Center in Van are putting on a
Work Day to help those impacted by the Tornado. Closed toed shoes and long
pants are required (work boots are strongly suggested). We also recommend you
bring work gloves, sun screen, insect repellant and water. We will mostly be
cleaning up debris from the tornado so bring any tools you think might be helpful
(racks, shovels wheel barrows, etc.). Only Those people with the appropriate certification
will be allowed to use a chain s aw. So if you are certified, please bring a
copy of your certification.



It is important that we have an accurate count of workers,
so please e-mail me at disastercare@bslc.net
if you are going to attend the workday. We are working on arranging lunch. 



 If you need more
information you can contact me at disastercare@bslc.net. I will provide
additional information as it comes available.



Blessings,

David Ricks

Disaster Response Coordinator

Thank You To All Who Came To Our Fiesta Fund Raiser/ Mexican Ice Cream Recipe

I would like to thank everyone who came to our event last night. I hope you had as much fun as I did.  FIESTA was a great Success.

As promised below is the Betty Crocker recipe for the Mexican Fried Ice Cream we had last night.

Thanks again for your support.

Enjoy all the flavors of Mexican fried ice cream in this easy layered 13 x 9 dessert.

Ingredients

2

tablespoons butter

1/2

cup sliced almonds

1

cup crushed Cinnamon Toast Crunch™ cereal (about 2 cups before crushing)

1/2

cup shredded coconut

1/2

cup packed brown sugar

1

carton (1.5 qt) vanilla ice cream

1

teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

• 1Heat oven to 375°F.
• 2In 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium heat. Add almonds; cook and stir 3 minutes. Stir in crushed cereal, coconut and brown sugar. Press in bottom of ungreased 13x9-inch (3-quart) baking dish. Bake 5 minutes. Place in freezer 30 minutes.
• 3Meanwhile, remove ice cream from freezer to soften. In large bowl, mix ice cream and cinnamon. Spread over top of cooled crust. Cover and freeze 8 hours before serving. Cut into 5 rows by 3 rows.