Dear friends,
“But whoever has the world’s goods, and see his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?” (1 John 3:17.)
This is an update of our Relief Work for the families of our church. We are making headway and have completed the reconstruction of one house and have begun the work on the second house. We enclose a couple of pictures.
All that was left on Maydrees House. Her mother (of 8 children) died in this in the mudslide, along with an 11th month old baby!
Destrucrtion of many houses!
So far we have raised over $10,000 but are a long way from our sum of $50,000. We are asking you again to please help financially towards the rebuild of the other houses AND the purchase of the most basic household items, beds, mattresses etc. These families lost everything and were only left with what they were wearing when they hurriedly had to abandon their houses.
Pastor Fredy outside the first reconstructed house
Please, please help us to help them by making any donation, large or small to the addresses given below:
We thank you very much!
Jeff & Christa Mills
Globe Europe Missionaries
How you can help long term for 7 families!
The cost of building materials for 7 houses is: $24,000 (£16,500)
The cost for manpower hours for 7 houses is: $17,500 (£12,000)
Food $1,000 (£700)
Furniture $5,330 (£3,700)
Clothing & Shoes $1,000 (£700)
Total costs: US $48,830 (£33,600)
Donations can now be made online by Credit/Debit Card or PayPal by clicking on: www.globeeurope.org.uk
Our Website: www.finalharvestministries.com
Globe Website: www.globeeurope.co.uk
Jeff Email: JeffMills@pobox.com
Christa Email: Christa.Mills@gmail.com
In the UK please send donations to:
Globe Europe – UK
Bank of Scotland, Sort Code: 80-06-55
Account Number: 00382152
Payable to Globe Europe UK (With a note: For Mills-Disaster)
Offices: Globe Europe-UK
PO Box 29068, Dunfirmiline, Fife KY11 4YJ, Scotland
Tel: 01383-731618 (+44-1383-731618)
In the USA please make check out to:
Globe Mission International” and earmark it:
For GE-J Mills Disaster Relief and mail it to:
Globe Missions International, PO Box 3040, Pensacola
Fl 32516-3040. USA
Liebe Freunde,
“Wer aber der Welt Güter hat und sieht seinen Bruder Mangel leiden und verschliesst sein Herz vor ihm, wie bleibt die Liebe Gottes in ihm?” (1. Johannes 3: 17)
Hier eine aktueller Bericht unserer Katastrophenhilfe für Familien unserer Gemeinde. Wir kommen voran und haben den Wiederaufbau eines der Häuser abgeschlossen und mit dem 2. Haus begonnen. Hier ein paar Fotos.
Bisher sind $10.000 gespendet worden, und es fehlen noch $40.000 bis zu den veranschlagten $50.000. So bitten wir euch also erneut, uns auch weiterhin zu helfen, damit wir die noch fehlenden Häuser wiederaufbauen bzw. reparieren UND dann auch den nötigsten Hausrat, Betten, Matratzen etc. beschaffen können. Die Familien verloren all ihr Hab und Gut als sie nur mit dem, was sie am Leibe trugen, überstürzt ihre Häuser verlassen mussten.
Bitte helft uns ihnen zu helfen, sei es mit einer grossen oder einer kleinen Spende auf das nachstehende Konto, Vermerk: J.Mills-Katastrophe
Vielen, vielen Dank.
Jeff und Christa Mills
Globe Europe Missionare
Langfristige Hilfe für 7 Familien!
Die Kosten für Baumaterialien für 7 Häuser betragen: $ 24.000 (€19,800)
Die Lohnosten für Wiederaufbau von 7 Häusern: $ 17.500 (€14,500)
Lebensmittel: $ 1.000 (€826)
Hausrat und Möbel: $ 5.330 (€4,400)
Kleidung und Schuhe: $ 1.000 (€826)
Gesamtkosten: $ 48.830 (€40,352)
Follow-Up Guatemalan Disaster!
3:00 pmPacaya’s eruption affected more the Capital but Hurricane Agatha caused the most significant damage for the people of Ciudad Vieja in two of its most populated zones. As a ministry we are working with our church to establish relief efforts. The town’s people are doing extremely well to facilitate the clean-up of their respective communities, but this has been a slow process in the higher areas and will take some time. Today the main road was opened for the first time and this gave both Pastor Fredy and me the first opportunity to visit other families who were cut off. There are over 120 people whom have either a house full of mud up to 6 feet high or have no home to return to and are living in shelters and/or the generosity of family members. Today we were able to purchase baby milk and food, food, water, washing powder, disinfectant and more blankets to help the community of other areas.
To prevent dengue, cholera and other diseases spreading the town officials will be spraying all houses and streets. As other churches and aid organizations are helping in the relief, we are majoring on our own people of our church. Seven houses were completely swept away with all the contents that the families possessed. They were left only with what they were wearing when they had to suddenly flee.
We urgently need to start building and also purchasing clothes and every-day needs including food. Right now the laborers are many, but financial resources are few. While for many it is the inclination to come to Guatemala and be hands on, it may be best to consider the value of your plane ticket as significant benefit. However, we will welcome you if you prefer to come to help with the reconstruction, in which case you need to have basic Spanish skills in order to communicate with our local reconstruction helpers.
These people lost everything, including their families!
How you can help long term for 7 families!
The cost of building materials for 7 houses is: $24,000 (£16,500)
The cost for manpower hours for 7 houses is: $17,500 (£12,000)
Food $1,000 (£700)
Furniture $5,330 (£3,700)
Clothing & Shoes $1,000 (£700)
Total costs: US $48,830 (£33,600)
It should be noted that these cost estimates are simply what I have seen in the few days after Hurricane Agatha and with consultation with builders from our church. – Exact amounts will vary for each house.
Photographs of the clean-up are shown below. I copy a quote from Brad Thurston, our Globe Mission Director which spoke to me, “PLEASE dig deep into your pockets until it hurts!”
God bless you all
Jeff & Christa Mills
Globe Europe Missionaries
Donations can now be made online by Credit/Debit Card or PayPal by clicking on: www.globeeurope.org.uk
Our Website: www.finalharvestministries.com
Globe Website: www.globeeurope.co.uk
Jeff Email: JeffMills@pobox.com
Christa Email: Christa.Mills@gmail.com
A family who lost their son & daughter and their house!
This road was 4 foot deep with mud & boulders
These volunteers worked from dawn until dusk!
