Thanks to all of you fellow American
citizens in Mayberry and abroad! Thanks to all of you right here in Mt. Airy
for the great donations and contributions to the WTC! The time spent in New
York City was both productive and awesome. After the initial shock of being
surrounded by asphalt, concrete, and steel, we were able to hand out
approximately three thousand tracts explaining the gospel of the One God
Almighty, Jesus Christ. We were also able to distribute all of the supplies we
received here at ARJAY to the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. There we were
able to work with the Red Cross, Nassau, Salvation Army, and several other
social workers. We unloaded all of the supplies immediately and then loaded up
the truck with fresh supplies which were supplied to the EMS Supply Post, One
Police Center, and Ground Zero. We were able to see the magnitude of the
mayhem that was wrought on Sept. 11th in the flesh. It was something that
cannot be put into words, but one thing is for certain, war is definitely the
answer! I asked a pair of state police on site if I could take a few pictures
to bring back for my brothers and sisters in Mt. Airy. They told me as long as
the camera didn't flash, and as long as I didn't take any pictures of the
deceased, I could snap a few right quick. I had to take them quickly and
without a flash, so some of them turned out a little blurry. I didn't feel
right about taking pictures once I was in the middle of the wreckage, so I
only took a few pictures at the entrance to the area. Click
here for pictures.
Special
thanks to the following people for their great help to us and to America!
Credible
Technologies, Jeremy Crotts - Truck (we decided to rent a boxed-in
straight-truck instead due to the rainy weather, but still appreciate the
consideration on Jeremy's part for offering the use of his GMC
straight-truck.)
Maniery
Flight - Case of T-Shirts, several great sweat-shirts
JoAnn
Branch - Socks & gloves
Laurie
Culler & Jones School - 5 cases of gloves (all gloves had heart-felt
messages tied to them to boost morale to all the workers!)
Ruby
Senter - 40 20oz. bottles of water & 14pr men's briefs
Roger
Portis - 40 20oz. bottles of water & 10 men's T-shirts
Hertz-Penske
Truck Rentals - Headquarters cut the rental rate in half!
Patterson
Tire - Donated $100 towards truck rental (Hertz-Penske Rental Provider)
Anita
Hoisington - KJV Bible, men's briefs, socks
Christine
Anderson - Undershirts, cards
Charles
Westmoreland - Approximately 1000 1L bottles of water! 15 cases of
Frito-Lay snacks, large chest-cooler. (Also offered the use of his F-350 Ford
Super Duty and large trailer)
Gulyean's
Christian Book Store - 4 cases KJV New Testament Promise bibles
Riplinger
Family - 2 cases of KJV New Testament bibles
Good
News Christian Supply - Tons of gospel tracts!
Solid
Rock Bible Believing Baptist Church - 10,000 Chick gospel tracts, $500!
Solid
Rock Christian Academy - 250 letters of encouragement
Woodside
Baptist Church in Queens, New York - Fabulous sleeping quarters, bath,
sanctuary, basically the whole church was ours for the whole time. Praise the
Lord!
Safe
Harbor Humanity Mission in Fort Meyer, Florida - $1000!
Texas
to New York Disaster Relief - 2 18-wheelers full of supplies! Enough beef
BBQ to feed New York City! (pictured above)
The
Bowery Mission in New York City - Encouragement and large donations to the
community (pictured with us below)
