Help Save The Nuba People

Preferred Airparts owner Brian Stoltzfus flies a DC-3 doing food drops to refugees who are fleeing the fighting that has broken out in the Nuba mountains in Northern Sudan, Africa. Brian is a part of Samaritan's Purse relief efforts of the people fleeing to South Sudan. These people are fleeing their own villages, only to face the harsh environment surrounded by swamps! Before SP learned of these people they faced starvation resorting to boiling grass and drinking the water to get any nutrition they could. Watch the videos here to get a better understanding of the needs of these people.

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Tuscaloosa, AL - Rebuild

The week of March 12-16, 2012 Justin Starett, Tom Romey, and myself had the privilege of going to Tuscaloosa, AL to help build new homes and remodel homes that were damaged by the devastating tornado that hit the area on April 27, 2011.  We had the opportunity to work hands on with Samaritan’s Purse in this rebuild effort.  I was very impressed with what a professional organization SP is.  The first two days we worked on remodeling the home of Mr. and Mrs. Snoddy.  Their home was heavily damaged and unlivable after the tornado, and they have been displaced for over a year.  It was awesome to see their excitement about being able to move back into their home very soon.  The next two days we started new construction on a home that will be lived in by Ms. Virginia.  Her home was completely destroyed by the tornado.  In just two days we had most of the framing completed.  Because the new homes do not have basements, Samaritan’s Purse builds a safe room in the middle of each house.  The safe room doubles as a bathroom, but has solid block walls and a concrete poured ceiling.  It is a great design to help protect the family from any future natural disasters. It was a great trip, I learned a lot, and it was awesome to share Jesus' love with these families.
-Ryan Mathys

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Garca, Brazil

In June of 2011, my wife and I had the opportunity to minister to the people of Garca, Brazil. We took a group of 7 adults and 34 teenagers  from our youth group at West Hill Baptist Church. We ministered in schools and churches in that area through drama, music, and testimonies. It was an awesome time of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ with thousands of Brazilians. As this was our fourth trip to Garca, it was also a time of nurturing relationships we had made in the past. One highlight of our trip was meeting the town mayor and spending time with him and his family. They even came to our last church service. Please pray for the people of Brazil, and the churches we were able to minister with.

---Chris Brown

In June of 2010, my wife and I took a group of teens to Jamaica to share the Gospel of Christ. We spent the first day ministering at the local orphanage. We helped make beds, held vacation bible school, and spent time loving on the 70+ orphans at the home. It’s great to see how loving kids that have nothing can affect our own teens. The rest of the week was spent at Victory Christian Fellowship Church. We moved gravel and sand, painted, cleaned, and poured a second story floor by hand. With the temperatures in the 90s and humid, this made for a very hot job. We did take a break each afternoon to do vacation bible school for the pre-school at the church. We did skits, games, crafts, snacks, and shared Christ’s love with them. What an awesome experience! Throughout the week, we saw 38 people come to know Jesus Christ as their personal savior. We continue to pray for the people of Jamaica, and also for our teens that were impacted through this trip.

---Chris Brown