When:  Saturday, September 29

Volunteers:  Mike Kinsley, Paul Kolbo, Tosca Grimm, Joey Byron, Carolyn Johnson, Pastor Mark

Where:  Grace Lutheran, Stockton (it was raining too hard to go out into the community)

Project:  insulating, sheet rocking the basement and kitchen, de-molding woodwork and heating system, and bringing encouragement and cheer in the name of Christ to those effected by the flooding.

 

The rains of the third weekend of August resulted in flooding in southeastern Minnesota.  LCMS congregations effected include: Eyota, LaCrescent, Lewiston, Owatonna, Rushford, St. Charles, Winona, and Stockton.  These congregations are also assisting those in the greater communities they seek to serve. 

The Congregation we served in Stockton had extensive damage to church and parsonage basements; over three feet of sewage in the basements; lost the kitchen, refrigerator, stove, water heater, furnace, complete electrical rewiring, drywall and flooring, washer and dryer.  Numerous members lost their homes and or had extensive damage.  Pastor Krusemark and his new wife, Elizabeth, were just married on August 11.  They lost wedding gifts and their car in the flooding that rolled swiftly into town at 3am.

If you are interested in heading south to serve there are some wonderful projects planned.  What are you doing on MEA weekend, October 18-20?  Click here! We have partnered with Woodbury Lutheran to serve.  Financial gifts are also tremendously helpful for those displaced.