As weary New Brunswick residents struggle to recover from another year of devastating floods, crisis-trained Rapid Response Team chaplains from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association came alongside them to offer Christ’s love and compassion.
Chaplains arrived in flooded communities along the St. John River near Fredericton to accompany Samaritan’s Purse volunteers as they cleaned up damaged homes at no cost to the homeowners.
“For some residents, this year’s flood is the second time in two years that their homes have been damaged and their possessions ruined,” said Rapid Response Team Manager Merle Doherty.
“Many of them will be heartbroken. They need hope and compassion, and that’s what our chaplains are there to offer in the name of Jesus Christ.”
“Many of them will be heartbroken. They need hope and compassion, and that’s what our chaplains are there to offer in the name of Jesus Christ.”
By the time our five-week deployment ended, chaplains had prayed for more than 450 residents, first responders, and volunteers. We praise God that 13 of these people accepted Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
Mobile Ministry Center travelled to Fredericton
Financial partners like you enabled us to transport our Mobile Ministry Center (MMC) from our Calgary headquarters to Journey Wesleyan Church in Fredericton, which was the staging area for the chaplains and Samaritan’s Purse.
The MMC is a specially equipped truck that serves as the chaplains’ home base. It’s also a place where residents and volunteers can come to receive spiritual and emotional care in a relaxed atmosphere.
This was the sixth Rapid Response Team deployment in response to flooding in New Brunswick since 2008.
In 2018, chaplains prayed for more than 575 people during a six-week deployment in the Fredericton region. We praise God for working through them to bring 18 people to faith in Christ, “the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth” (Rev. 1:5, ESV).
Please pray with us for New Brunswick flood victims, for the volunteers who helped them in Jesus’ Name, and for the chaplains who are offered them “a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead” (1 Peter 1:3). And please financially support the life-changing work God is doing through this ministry.
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