Pre-Departure Festivities!

Earlier this morning Sherry Buresh, our partner from the Christian Appalachian Project, came to train the team on safety and how to deal with disaster relief. She shared stories of her experience in the field and presented a PowerPoint full of photos and information. The twelve Apostles of Hope were attentive, and will be more than prepared for the week to come.


The crew listens as Sherry Buresh discusses safety precautions.

 Catherine Permin, nurse practitioner from Paragon Family Practice gave each Apostle a physical and updated them on tetanus shots. Not only are we mentally prepared, but we're physically prepared for the hard work ahead of us!

Some of the Apostles, guests at the Community Inn, and Volunteers, put in another hard and successful day at the semi. Thank you to all in the community who donated and supported our cause. The semi is packed and ready to hit the road!

The guests at the Community Inn held a prayer service for the twelve Apostles of Hope, holding hands and surrounding them with love and support. Prayer services such as this will continue nightly at the Community Inn while the Apostles are away. Knowing there are people back home thinking of them will strengthen them in their endeavours in Joplin.

Finally, the Apostles had their final group meeting before departure. Candace Sword and little helper Eleanor from the Christian Appalachian Project stopped by to hand out our Homeless Sharing Hope t-shirts. So excited to debut them tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the big day! Thank you to everyone for your overwhelming support. We could not have done it without you. Time for us to get some rest for the early rise.