{"id":1001,"date":"2011-09-26T16:01:38","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T22:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2011-09-26T21:06:56","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T03:06:56","slug":"field-report-california-and-minot-north-dakota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/disasterresponse\/field-report-california-and-minot-north-dakota\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Report: California and Minot North Dakota"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Sisters and Brothers,<\/p>\n

My name is Kevin Massey, I am the Program Director of Lutheran Disaster Response.\u00a0 I’ve just had a great experience meeting wonderful volunteers helping clean up in Minot North Dakota.\u00a0 I’ll describe my latest travels and the great work Lutherans are doing preparing for and responding to disasters.<\/p>\n

I first traveled last week to Los Angeles California\u00a0 to meet with a group of Lutherans who are volunteers with a special team called the Inter-Lutheran Emergency Response Team <\/a>(I-LERT).\u00a0 This team is made up of Lutherans from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod who all are committed to helping the Lutheran community in Southern California prepare for and respond from any disaster that may happen there.\u00a0I-LERT includes Lutherans \u00a0from ELCA synods and LCMS districts, Lutheran Social Ministry Organizations, congregations,\u00a0schools, and other Lutheran institutions.<\/p>\n

I shared with the I-LERT team some special training on emotional and spiritual care in disaster<\/a>.\u00a0 I believe that the most important thing that the church does in times of disaster is simply to be the church and care for the emotional and spiritual needs of people.<\/p>\n

I met Sheila Wenzel, who is the Vice President of the ELCA Pacifica Synod <\/a>at the I-LERT meeting.\u00a0 Sheila grew up in Minot North Dakota and had many questions about our response there.\u00a0 I shared with Sheila that I would be traveling directly to Minot from this meeting, and would share updates on how response is unfolding there.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The next day I traveled from Los Angeles to Minot North Dakota.\u00a0 You may remember from previous LDR field reports <\/a>that Minot was hard hit by flooding this summer.\u00a0 We asked Lutheran volunteers to head to Minot to help in the clean-up and rebuilding that must happen there.\u00a0 I will share info at the end of this report how you can help in these efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Bonnie Turner and Becky Wynia<\/p><\/div>\n

Readers of LDR field reports met Bonnie Turner, who heads up LDR in North Dakota, last March <\/a>when the Red River was threatening Fargo.\u00a0 I met with Bonnie and members of her staff at our office trailer in Minot. \u00a0Bonnie shared that there is a good number of volunteers coming at this time, and we want to keep that interest going as long as we can.\u00a0 \u00a0I met Becky Wynia, our volunteer coordinator.\u00a0 Becky is a graduate of Minot State University and was busy helping volunteers get arranged with their work sites.\u00a0 I asked Becky what drew her to this work.\u00a0 Becky shared, \u201cIt is meeting real needs for people in Minot.\u00a0 And it is fun to see all the volunteers come from all over!\u201d\u00a0 Already, in addition to scores of volunteers from North Dakota, volunteers from places like Michigan and North Carolina and Oklahoma and Minnesota have visited.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Minot was full of volunteers this weekend!\u00a0 A group of Lutheran volunteers from Trinity Lutheran <\/a>in Carrington North Dakota was working last Saturday in Minot.\u00a0 I was excited to learn that the group was headed by Pastor Bruce Vold, who served near where I did my first parish call in Eastern North Dakota.\u00a0 Pastor Vold had been dean of the conference at that time and was a great role model to me in my early years of parish ministry.\u00a0 Pastor Vold and his family and a group from his congregation were working to gut out a home in a hard hit area of Minot.\u00a0 Some volunteers come from many states away, and some volunteers can come from a couple hours away, and all are needed to help Minot in these difficult times.<\/div>\n
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Pastor Bruce Vold (third from left) with members of his family and congregation.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Driving back from visiting Pastor Vold I saw something that puzzled me for a moment.\u00a0 I saw an apple tree in the front lawn of a flooded house.\u00a0 The tree had a few ripe apples in its branches, but scores of spoiled apples were strewn around the ground at the foot of the tree.\u00a0 It sunk in to me that no one had been home to pick the fruit.<\/p>\n

\u00a0My main goal in visiting Minot this weekend was to accompany the congregations in worship.\u00a0 I attended Saturday evening worship at First Lutheran of Minot<\/a>.\u00a0 I visited Bread of Life <\/a>and Augustana Lutheran <\/a>congregations worshipping at Bread of Life Sunday morning.\u00a0 I greeted Christ Lutheran Church <\/a>worshipping at Bethany, then spoke at an adult forum downstairs with Bethany.\u00a0 Finally I worshipped with Bethany Lutheran <\/a>later Sunday morning.\u00a0 I felt nourished in many ways among these faithful people at worship, prayer, and service.\u00a0 I was even nourished Saturday afternoon with a lutefisk dinner at Zion Lutheran <\/a>of Minot!\u00a0 These congregations are all doing wonderful ministry during these difficult times.\u00a0 To help them with this work, consider giving a gift to the ELCA Western North Dakota Synod\u00a0Flood of Love\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0initiative to restore the damaged churches and revitalize mission and ministry in Minot.<\/p>\n

A wonderful group of volunteers turned out in Minot this weekend organized by Lutheran Campus Ministries and Student Government from Minot State University and the University of North Dakota.\u00a0 Max Buchholz of Minot State and Carter Hill from UND challenged each other in a friendly rivalry to organize as many students as they could to come and work.\u00a0 About a hundred students converged on flooded homes from these schools.\u00a0 Many people worked to make this effort a success.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Pictured left to right: Pastor Kari Williamson, Max Buchholz, and Carter Lee.<\/p><\/div>\n

Pastor Kari Williamson, the Lutheran Campus Ministry <\/a>Pastor at Minot State coordinated many details with Lutheran Disaster Response for this effort.\u00a0 Sherie Heine, the Western North Dakota Synod <\/a>Vice President organized lunches for the student volunteers, with First Lutheran Church of Harvey ND<\/a>, First Lutheran Church of Rugby ND<\/a>, First Lutheran Church of Bottineau ND <\/a>and Metigoshe Lutheran Church of Bottineau ND <\/a>all joining in with the lunch making efforts.\u00a0\u00a0To read\u00a0an article in the Minot Daily News about these volunteers click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I was particularly excited to visit Lutheran volunteers from St. Philip\u2019s Lutheran Church <\/a>Disaster Relief from Fridley Minnesota, who are volunteering this week in Minot.\u00a0 The team from St. Philip\u2019s travels the country responding to disasters of every kind.\u00a0 They give a great example of the finest efforts of Lutherans loving and serving their neighbors affected by disaster. Team Co-Coordinators Mike Anderson and Renee Johnson showed me a site they were working on.\u00a0 They are staying this week at First Lutheran Church of Minot<\/a>, which even still recovering from flood damage in the lower level of the church is pitching in to host recovery efforts.\u00a0 St.Philip\u2019s Disaster Relief organizes periodic trips of disaster response from the Twin Cities.\u00a0 If you are interested in learning more about St. Philip\u2019s Disaster Relief, click here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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St. Philip's Disaster Relief Co-Coordinators Mike Anderson and Renee Johnson.<\/p><\/div>\n

Volunteers are still urgently needed in Minot.\u00a0 We will be coordinating volunteers for muck out work for the flood as long as weather permits.\u00a0 We will be ramping up for the rebuild phase during the winter and spring.\u00a0 To learn about volunteering in Minot, please visit\u00a0 Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota <\/a>or call 1-800-366-9841.<\/p>\n

Above all, please pray for people all around the country affected by disasters this year.\u00a0 People throughout the Southeast have been affected by tornadoes and storms.\u00a0 People throughout the Midwest and Plains have been affected by flooding. People in Texas are affected by drought and wildfire.\u00a0 People along the East Coast were affected by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.\u00a0 Many other people have been affected by tragedies that didn’t make the news.\u00a0 Pray that help and hope come to those in need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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