Our 
Story

In 2005 Hurricane Katrina hit Waveland, Mississippi.

I was asked by my Pastor at the time if I would be interested in going to help with clean up and rebuilding in the area. I jumped at the opportunity to help folks out. When we were turning off I-10 there was a two story home that had a water line level with the eaves of the house. This was the first devastation of this magnitude I had ever seen to that point. As we drove closer to the beach the shear devastation was heartbreaking.

There were large X's with different symbols painted on the outside of buildings.  One of the markings stood for how many were found in the house alive and another one for how many were found deceased. That’s when it occurred to me that there had been entire families wiped out; families that went to bed the night before, had plans for the next day, and would never get to see those plans fulfilled.

I was reminded of my own childhood when one night I went to bed with all any 9 year old could ever want and waking up the next morning to a house that had been destroyed by fire.

God gave me a vision at that moment to have cargo trailers loaded and ready to go at a moments notice to respond when folks are in need.

For the next 14 years or so we continued responding to disasters on a micro level. Basically one man and a pickup truck type of stuff. But God keep the vision in the forefront of my mind. In a church board meeting one night I presented the vision to the Pastor. He was excited and presented the idea to the district board   The board passed on the idea due to liability issues but encouraged us to seek out our own 501c3.

This was the absolute best thing that ever happened to this ministry. We formed a board of directors and started the process.

Now, nearly 5 years into being a stand alone ministry, we’ve made a few changes to the board but the vision has remained stead fast in helping those in need during man-made and natural disasters.

Our response area is Alabama and its bordering states, and Louisiana. We partner with other ministries on the ground when disasters strike outside of our response area.

Last year alone we were able to impact lives from Florida to Virginia. From Hawaii to Israel. All thanks to wonderful donors that have come alongside this ministry.

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May God bless each of you.

Rick Crowder

Director