I have just returned from yet another glorious evening at Camp Hope. We looked at that fabulous passage in 1 John 2:1-2 and then sung and prayed together. What a night!This week, we have one large team of volunteers in from Lexington, NC, folks that are near and dear to our hearts. Most of these men and women have been here before, some as many as five times since the hurricane. Their church, Meadowview Reformed Presbyterian Church, was among the first churches to call me on the phone and pledge their financial support, their prayer support, and streams of volunteers. The first team they sent down arrived the second week after the hurricane. I still remember standing on the front porch of Tim and Libby Murr's house (our base of operations for just about everything at that time) and meeting these guys for the first time. Emotions were still quite raw then. We stood shoulder to shoulder and arm in arm and prayed, giving thanks to the Lord for His Church. Since then they have helped several of our members and others in the community as well to get back into their homes. We are grateful for these brothers and sisters and their tangible expression of God's hesed (Hebrew word often translated "lovingkindness;" it refers to God's covenant love by which He doggedly pursues His people and refuses to let us go).
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Thank you for your kind comments. It is a pleasure to log on and read them. Should the Lord allow you to make it down this way sometime, we'd love to have you with us on a Wednesday night, or anytime for that matter. Lord bless!
Greetings from Covenant of Grace Pres. Church located in Reisterstown, MD. We continue to pray for the folks at FPC and the entire community of Gulfport. Our groups spent a total of 4 weeks at Camp Hope and found it to be an experience we will not for get.
Dave McQuay
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