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Branch offices of Jehovah’s Witnesses describe their ongoing efforts to provide relief and spiritual comfort to those affected by Hurricanes Irma and Maria.

 

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[DRCole]

I have just been invited to Florida for Relief work.   I am REALLY looking forward to helping our dear brothers

[Tortuga]

13 minutes ago, DRCole said:

I have just been invited to Florida for Relief work.   I am REALLY looking forward to helping our dear brothers

How cool!

I'm still hoping for an invitation to Texas or Santa Rosa.

 

I'm tempted to embellish my skills on Builders Assistant to ensure I get invited but obviously I won't do that..

[Foxes53]

A tremendous work...I was noting the cost of all this. 30-40 million dollars. It sounds like a huge amount. But when we consider there are well over 1 million publishers in the USA small donations by many can go a long way to help.

[Tortuga]

Wow. That is a tremendous amount of work..

 

A total of 690 construction volunteers, 450 for the islands and 240 for Florida and Georgia, will assist with repairing Kingdom Halls and the homes of our brothers. The relief work is estimated to cost over $30 million and entails the following repair work:
British and U.S. Virgin Islands – 5 Kingdom Halls, 190 homes
Florida – 40 Kingdom Halls, 1,174 homes
Puerto Rico – 106 Kingdom Halls, 2 Assembly Halls, 1,216 homes
Turks and Caicos – 2 Kingdom Halls, 56 homes

[dove]

9 hours ago, Tortuga said:

Wow. That is a tremendous amount of work..

 

A total of 690 construction volunteers, 450 for the islands and 240 for Florida and Georgia, will assist with repairing Kingdom Halls and the homes of our brothers. The relief work is estimated to cost over $30 million and entails the following repair work:
British and U.S. Virgin Islands – 5 Kingdom Halls, 190 homes
Florida – 40 Kingdom Halls, 1,174 homes
Puerto Rico – 106 Kingdom Halls, 2 Assembly Halls, 1,216 homes
Turks and Caicos – 2 Kingdom Halls, 56 homes

And donations needed..

[richietj77]

106 Kingdom Halls... that's about 1/3, almost half of the KH here in the island.

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[Tortuga]

1 minute ago, richietj77 said:

106 Kingdom Halls... that's about 1/3, almost half of the KH here in the island.

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Wow, are you able to help?

[richietj77]

Wow, are you able to help?

At this moment, no. After the hurricane another problem appeared: my mother-in-law's cancer chemo treatment didn't work as expected, and she got worse. Now all the family is in this situation. But some brothers and sisters from our congregation are working with the Relief Committee in a nearby KH.

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[Tortuga]

So sorry to hear that. You are still in our prayers..