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Help us help them! To Make a contribution to the Hurricane Relief Fund go to the bottom of this page. Please look at the pictures as you scroll down. You will be directed to PayPal's secure server and thank you so much for making a difference in these people's lives. About our outreach We chose Rev. Aaron Fruh of Knollwood Church, in Mobile Alabama to work with. He is a good friend and has the respect of the mayor of Mobile. His church has become a staging area for several humanitarian organizations that are reaching into the affected area. It's become an epicenter for receiving and distributing down to the remains of the communities of Bay St. Louis, Waveland, Pass Christian, and Biloxi. This update is first hand from him.      
Aaron said, "You just wouldn't believe the devastation, the smell is overwhelming. There are dead animals everywhere. I have this picture of a 4 foot fish laying in the middle of the interstate! When driving you have to carry 'fix a flat' for all the nails and debris that you can't avoid hitting in the roads. FEMA has shut down roads to anyone not part of the emergency help relief.
   
I went to Biloxi at the request of the Assemblies of God District to find the churches they couldn't connect with. There is still no water or electricity in the area and as I drove to the church I was horrified to see the entire building ....gone! This church (about 500 people) had just dedicated their new facility the week prior to the hurricane and now its completely off the map! I stood with the pastor as he told me, "We don't care about the building-- we can rebuild and we have insurance but what about these people??" As we stood there, the people would just come up to him and ask "Pastor, what do we do now?" Tears in their eyes, each one's story of survival more moving than the one before.
    I want to sponsor these pastors, Jim. know them and they are great men who have been reaching out into the community. Now they have the ear of the leaders and people want to hear from them. Even though they have no facility, they are still meeting out in the open and strangers arrive all day asking for help. The banks are gone, the cell phone service destroyed, and so cashing a check is impossible. Each church I traveled to had the same story-- trying to find housing for total strangers as well as their church people."     We've just received these pictures from Aaron. We can't imagine the horror. Having traveled around the globe, we saw first hand the devastation of the tsunami in India at Christmas. This is similar. They are still digging' up bodies!!! We cannot sit in our homes and do nothing. Mobile airport is open so a team from GTM is traveling to be with Aaron Fruh this weekend. We have cancelled our concert schedule as we have to deliver the money in cash (no banks). We want be at Aaron's side-- to hold him up, to make him laugh. He hasn't slept in 3 days. FEMA and Red Cross personal are staying at his church. One of our staff will stay for the long haul right in hardest hit gulf area while we go rally more supplies and additional funds.     If you don't have a Pay Pal account you may call our offices 317 842 9100 and give your credit card number to our staff. Or you may choose to email us your credit card information us, GTMJim@aol.com Checks or cash may be sent directly to: GTM Inc GTM Inc is a 501 C 3 not for profit corporation and all gifts are tax deductible. All your gifts will go to this effort. Making it personal... Your money will go to supply income for 5 pastors for 3 months. They can stay, sustain themselves, and be loving shepherds to these victims. Also, we are buying construction trailers to house the workers from the Red Cross, Campus Crusade, Masters Commission, as well as GTM work teams gathered from all around the United States. Our Goal is $45,000 by the end of the month. Currently we have $25,000! This is a doable job and these pastors need you on their team. Your gifts will sponsor these men and women. Adopt a pastor today? To make a financial contribution to the Hurricane victims, just clik on the donation button below this text! You will be directed to PayPal's secure server.  So you think you want to go? Jim Peters of GTM and Eric Maitlan of 2:8 along with Matt Gould (The Tab - in Buffalo, NY) will be touring the devastation throughout Long Beach, Alabaster, and Bay St. Louis to assess how we can offer more help. Keep checking this site for updates and pix's along with ways you can be a vital part of this outreach. We will be sending teams from across the US to help. Starting Setember 22nd, GTM will have a representative on site to organize our teams coming into this area. If you want to join a team talk with your pastor and/or call or email our offices at GTMOffice@aol.com We need all kinds of help, however no idiots will be accepted! So talk to your pastor or call GTM's Corporate office to talk about it. 317- 842 -9100
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