VOLUNTEERS NEEDED; ERT TRAINING IN WASHINGTON; MISSION OPPORTUNITIES; HOW TO HELP ALABAMA & STORM RAVAGED AREAS

Victims of tornado in Alabama. Photo courtesy, www.m.ibtimes.com.

NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY: VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Boca, Costa Rica
January 23 - February 6, 2012
Team Leader: Rev. Roger Sailors
Medical and Building Team
For more information, email: prs.rrs.2@juno.com

Haiti
August 16-24, 2011
Team Leader: Lisa Pierce
Block construction and relational ministry
Cost is between $1700-$1900 (depending on airline tickets)
Fore more information, email: lisa@arm-al.org

Limon, Honduras
September 13-24, 2011
Team Leader: Keith Kehler
Need: Doctors, PA or ARNP only
Cost: $250 plus airfare, plus hotels, plus food
For more information, email: kkehler@tampabay.rr.com

EMERGENCY RESPONSE TRAINING IN WASHINGTON

If you are interested in becoming part of an emergency response team, you are welcome to a training June 22, 2011 at Kennewick First United Methodist Church. The event will be held from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. For more information please contact Jim Truitt at jftruitt@comcast.net.

MISSION OPPORTUNTIES FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST CONFERENCE

Our United Methodist Missionaries to Costa Rica, Becky Harrell and to Chile, John Elmore have opportunities for mission teams to work in their General Board of Global Missionaries projects in both Costa Rica with the Universidad Biblica Latinoamericana building student housing, and in Chile, working at the El Vergel Agricultural School which is part of the Chilean Methodist Church.

You can contact Becky Harrell directly at beckyincostarica@yahoo.com for Costa Rica or John Elmore at JElmore56@yahoo.com . Both are missionaries with the UM GBGM.

HOW TO HELP ALABAMA AND OTHER STORM RAVAGED AREAS

Here is a listing of contacts for those annual conference that have suffered lots of damage as result of the Spring storms, flooding, and tornadoes.

Holston:
Call center: 865-309-9530 and 865-309-9563,
Monday through Friday, 8:30 am - 5 pm
Click here for more information: http://www.holston.org/about/communications/the-call/volEEE/num16/conference-response/

North Alabama:
Call center: 855-862-8657
Monday through Friday, 7am-9pm
Saturday, 10am-4pm
Sunday, 1pm-5pm
Click here for more information: http://www.northalabamaumc.org/pages/detail/1608

North Georgia:
Call center: 678-533-1443
Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm
Click here for more information: http://www.ngumc.org/

You can donate to the Spring Storms Relief by clicking here: http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umcor/ and clicking on US Spring Storms.