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Stephen Magill, First Baptist Lancaster, served as the chaplain on the flood recovery team in Clearwater. He had conversations with homeowners wherever the team was serving. You never know when a casual conversa- tion will turn into a gospel conversation that ends with someone finding faith in Christ during a difficult time. Church teams - Local church teams are relatively new to Ohio DR and the process of Ohio DR deploying church teams has just begun. DR church teams exist to be disaster ready by equipping their church to serve.
Three church teams deployed in October, two for the first time. FBC Waverly and FBC Lancaster deployed to Augusta, GA to do chainsaw work. Urbancrest BC deployed to Georgia to do chainsaw work. Ohio DR volunteers do difficult work that forces them to be flexible as they spend a week out of their regular rou - tine. As of mid-October the Southern Baptist Disaster Relief hurricane response has seen 114 people come to faith in Christ. No matter how uncomfortable we are in the field, it’s all worth it.
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