Donated Shower Trailer to Serve Ohio Churches Hosting Mission Teams

Through your generous participation in the Ray Roberts State Missions Offering, Ohio Disaster Relief has been able to purchase much-needed equipment. This new equipment has provided the opportunity to respond more efficiently to crisis events.

What people often do not see is how the offering helps us give new life to donated equipment and get it ready for use by Ohio Disaster Relief and local churches.
 
The latest example is a shower-laundry trailer donated by The Pecos Valley Association and SBC Disaster Relief of New Mexico.

This unit has six showers and two washer/dryers. It is a little rough right now, but after a small investment from the Ray Roberts offering, it will be ready to go. If we were to purchase the unit new, it would cost around $80,000.

The need for shower units continues to grow in Ohio, especially in churches that have mission teams coming. Churches usually have room for mission teams to sleep and eat, but very few churches have showers available.

If Ohio Disaster Relief loaned out our current shower all summer, then we would not have showers for our teams when a disaster strikes. This new unit will primarily be for churches that need it for mission teams.
 
We want to meet the needs of people affected by disaster, but we also want to help the local church in its mission to make disciples of all nations. This helps the local church be stronger, and Ohio DR to be more prepared in the future.

We are looking for a church to manage this shower unit. It would involve having a heavy-duty truck to move the unit, and an investment in insuring the unit. If you would like to know more, contact me at jheading@scbo.org.  

Thank you so much for your church’s participation in the Ray Roberts State Missions Offering. I want to encourage your church to be even more involved in spreading the gospel through disaster response and church planting.