Tornado Work Day In Lindale, TX.

SaturdayMay 21 we worked with the folks from the Lindale area to put on a work day to help the victims of the tornadoes that hit the area onApril 29. Over 300 volunteers showed up for the work day including 67 Lutherans from 7 LCMS Churches.

Greg Bourbon, with The Disaster Care Ministry at Beautiful Savior LCMS, Gives the Safety Briefing

David Ricks with the Disaster Care Ministry of Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church made opening remarks and gave an opening devotion and prayer. Greg Bourbon, also with Disaster Care Ministry gave a safety briefing and Kimberly Eligass with the Lindale Chamber of Commerce passed out assignments.

Workers removed trees and assisted homeowners in Lindale, Hawkins and Holly Lake.  We worked on 33 homes.

The Holy Cow Smokers from Lamb of God Lutheran Church in Flower Mound provided a BBQ lunch for Volunteers and residents. 1000 meals were served. Residents who were not impacted by the tornado were ask to make a donation to the Lindale recovery fund.

The Churches that assisted in the workday were Beautiful Savior - Arlington, Peace-Hearst, Trinity - Tyler, Trinity - Hawkins/ Holy Lake, Tree of Life - Garland, St Paul's - Ft Worth, and The Summit Aledo.

We Past out 33 Kitchen Kits provided by Tree of Life and 50 Comfort Kits provided by Lamb of God's LWML.