Apr 18, 2016 | Disaster Response, Somebody Cares News
With 500 year flooding in Houston, 1000 year flooding in Southeast Texas, earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador and increasing persecution of Christians globally, I am reminded that Luke said these things “will turn out to be an occasion for testimony (Luke 21:13)!...
Mar 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Somebody Cares continues to bring relief to areas of Southeast Texas and Louisiana that were devastated by record-high flooding. Below are reports from our chapters and field reps: Jasper/Newton Counties TX First Baptist Church of Kirbyville TX, facilitators of our...
Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Our Somebody Cares Newton/Jasper Counties chapter is playing a key role in relief work from the devastating floods resulting from torrential rainfall that began last week. With the Sabine River reaching record heights, a mandatory evacuation for everyone living along...
Feb 25, 2016 | Disaster Response, SCA Articles, Somebody Cares News
Cyclone Winston devastated large parts of the island nation of Fiji on February 20, leaving thousands homeless and many dead. Rev. Kurulo, director of Somebody Cares Fiji shares this heartbreaking story: “Ten-year-old Salacieli Serevi of Qelekuro village in...
Jan 18, 2016 | SCA Articles, Uncategorized
Doug Stringer often teaches there is life beyond the storm. For Vickie and Terry Gaskins, this took on a very real and personal meaning that led them to Denison TX, where they operate Rise To the Time, a Somebody Cares Mobile Outreach Center. Vickie had come on board...
Jan 13, 2016 | Disaster Response
Somebody Cares has been bringing help to victims of the tragic tornadoes that struck the Dallas, Texas area on December 26, claiming 11 lives and damaging or destroying more than 1,400 homes in four counties. One of the tornadoes was ranked EF4 and left behind a...
Dec 23, 2015 | SCA Articles, Somebody Cares News
Across America, Somebody Cares chapters and centers have shared the joy of the Christmas season and the love of Jesus. Our SC New England chapter held outreach events at three locations in Massachusetts: Haverhill, Lowell, and Chelsea. Lowell: 75 volunteers served...
Oct 27, 2015 | Disaster Response, Somebody Cares News
Reports from our field partners tell of massive destruction, desperate need, and efforts to assist earthquake victims. Pakistan was suffered extreme damage with many remote areas still out of contact. Somebody Cares partner, Call of Hope, already has teams on the...
Oct 6, 2015 | Disaster Response
“We are at a 1,000-year level of rain. That’s how big it is.” South Carolina Governor, Nikki Haley, used those words to describe the situation facing her state on Sunday. Cities and communities across the state are trying to deal with flood waters...
Aug 7, 2015 | Disaster Response, Somebody Cares News
Torrential floods from Cyclone Komen have devastated multiple South Asian countries, leaving hundreds dead and millions displaced. Somebody Cares is sending support through Christian churches in Myanmar, where the death toll currently stands at 69, where 259,000...
