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2/3/2012
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Monthly Prayer Meeting
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Omaha Rapid Response prayer meeting is held every 2nd Tuesday of the month, at 7:00pm at the "The Hub." The Hub is located in the Old Mill Area in Omaha at 10599 Burt Cir. Omaha, NE 68114. See Map Below for Driving Instructions:
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12/12/2011
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Looking for Haiti team members - JAN 14-21
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We would like to extend an invitation for those who desire to visit Haiti and see what God is doing. We will be taking a team Jan 14-21st. There are no special skills required, just a loving and willing heart. We are limiting the team to 6 members. This will not be the only team we will take this year, so if you have a desire to go but these dates don't work for you, please email us what would be a good time for you so that we can begin to make a schedule for the upcoming year. Trip costs are around $1500 for airfare, room and board, and projects we will complete while in country.
Please contact us if this is something that interests you and we will give you more information directly.
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12/12/2011
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Showers and toilets to be built in Jubilee Haiti
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At the completion of the housing project we desire to begin building toilets and showers in the community. This is a great need because of the disease spread by human waste as we saw during the cholera epidemic. Right now people take care of their "business" out in the open. These showers and toilets not only provide better sanitation, they also give dignity to individuals who are forced to live without privacy. As the year comes to an end, and we are able to reflect on the blessing God has given us please consider those that are in greater need. Please pray for them and consider giving financially to their need. Each toilet and shower unit will cost $2000. Right now, we plan to build 8 for the 50 houses that we have built.
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12/4/2011
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ORR Prayer Meeting Tuesday December 13th.
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Omaha Rapid Response prayer meeting is held every 2nd Tuesday of the month, at 7:00pm at the "The Hub." The Hub is located in the Old Mill Area in Omaha at 10599 Burt Cir. Omaha, NE 68114. See Map Below for Driving Instructions:
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11/1/2011
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Omaha Rapid Response Prayer Meeting November 8th at the Hub
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Omaha Rapid Response prayer meeting is held every 2nd Tuesday of the month, at 7:00pm at the "The Hub." The Hub is located in the Old Mill Area in Omaha at 10599 Burt Cir. Omaha, NE 68114. See Map Below for Driving Instructions:
Come here what is going on at Omaha Rapid Response and join with us in prayer.
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10/24/2011
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Home Building in Haiti Wraps Up as ORR Looks For Funds For the Next Step
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The current phase of home building is basically complete. ORR is in need of funds to complete the project with an eye to continued improvements in the area including things lack adding show and toilet facilities to the community to help with basic hygiene and health. We need your help to fund these projects and many of the other things we do at Omaha Rapid Response. If you interested in donating you can donate via PayPal using the Make a Donation button on this page or you can send your tax deductible contribution to:
OMAHA RAPID RESPONSE
PO BOX 642323
OMAHA, NE 68164
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10/5/2011
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ORR Board Meeting This Month
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ORR Leadership will be meeting with the board of directors this month.
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9/28/2011
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ORR To Help Misouri River Flood Victims as Flood Waters Recede
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Omaha Rapid Response is putting together clean-up kits and signing up volunteers to help the victims of this years extraordinary Misouri river flooding. Please consider helping those in a greater need, we as a community should and will stick together in our time of need! Always know that “We work better when we work together” If you are interested in donating or helping out, please contact our Regional Director, Darnell King: mailto:darnell.king@omaharapidresposne.org
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8/10/2011
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Haiti Home Building Project Brings Hope to the Homeless
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Brian Smith returned from Haiti after completing 16 houses. Lives are being changed, one house, one relationship at a time. There is much work still to be done as we continue to bring hope and life to the Jubilee Neighborhood in Haiti. Keep checking back here for the latest updates.
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6/15/2011
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Joplin Team Returned Sunday as Second Team Filled Sandbags
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ORR's Joplin team returned home Sunday evening after a whirlwind weekend of disaster relief in Joplin Missouri. Click on the ORR Blog link on this page to check out David Bentz post on the Joplin trip. As the Joplin team toiled, another group of Omaha Rapid Responders filled sandbags in Omaha to assist in the effort to protect vital areas in and around Omaha from the flood waters of the Missouri river. A second ORR Sandbag team will work to fill sandbags in partnership with Universal Soldiers and Angels on Wheels.
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6/11/2011
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Joplin ORR Team Heads into Tornado Torn Area
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Our Joplin team hade down in two segments meeting up in Joplin this morning. We are helping clear debris and locate valuable for the victims of the tornado. Here is one encouraging story related by Ken Grubber leading the ORR team in Joplin: "We went from one (former house) to another and helped with cleanup and tree removal. Many of these victims have gone through most of their property before we arrived on scene. They were pleasantly surprised when we found many 'valuables' that they had missed." ORR is currently involved in relief and aid activities in Haiti, Pakistan, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri. We need your support. If you would like to give, you may click the donate button on this page, or go to our contact us page, you may send a check to our PO BOX.
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6/10/2011
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ORR Volunteers Respond to Missouri River Flooding Omaha Area
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Omaha Rapid Response is teaming up with Douglas County Nebraska, Open Door Mission, United Way and more to help fill sand bags to hold back the flooding Missouri river this Sunday, June 12th. If you are interested in helping with this effort, please let us know, you can email Aaron Hall at aaron.hall@omaharapidresponse.org We will are working under the Douglas County Emergency Management Agency. They would like us to “register” so they will know the number of us coming, so they know how many volunteers to expect. If you plan to come for the morning shift, please click here. If you wish to come to the afternoon shift, please click here. We will working at the Levi Carter Lake Park off of Abbott drive, across from Eppely Airfield in Omaha. Remember to wear your ORR T-shirt if you have one.
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6/8/2011
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ORR Joplin Team To Depart Friday Night, June 10th.
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ORR will be deploying a response team to Joplin Missouri June 10, 2011. The team originally had planned to leave much sooner, but due to the overwhelming initial response Joplin received, it was necessary to delay so we would not add to a chaotic situation. Now that the initial surge of help has passed, we are deploying. Please consider a donation to Omaha Rapid Response, as we must incur expenses to send these teams. You can click the donate button on this page or go to our contacts page for our mailing address. Thanks for your support.
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5/23/2011
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Massive Tornados devastates Joplin Missouri
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Omaha Rapid response is putting together a response team to Joplin Missouri to provide relief in the wake of a massive tornado that devastated the town Sunday night. 89 people confirmed dead as of this posting. If you are interested in participating on our response team, please email Aaron Hall with your information and we will put you on the list. We are especially looking for first responders and medically trained personnel.
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5/8/2011
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Brian has returned to Haiti and continues home building project.
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Brian Smith has returned to Haiti to continue our home building project. We have several house in the works. As of this posting several with foundations poured and a few with walls and roofs already. Keep checking the blog for updates.
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5/5/2011
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ORR Prepares to Send Chainsaws and Help to Ware Iowa
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Omaha Rapid Response is sending a relief team to Ware Iowa to assist that community with their recovery from the tornados which have devastated the area. We are sending a "Weekend Warrior" team May 14th and 15th in partnership with several other groups. If you would like to donate to this effort, feel free to donate online by clicking the donate button or you may send a check to our PO Box on our contact us page. If you would like to participate in this team, please email Aaron Hall at aaron.hall@omaharapidresponse.org
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3/24/2011
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Fruit Tree Planting Program in Pakistan
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Our work continues in Pakistan with tree planting efforts in the areas devastated by the 2005 earthquake and the 2010 floods. Click here to see the latest blog post from Pakistan.
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1/3/2011
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Happy New Year! ORR Home Building Well Under Way
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Omaha Rapid Response is currently building 50 houses in Jubilee, a small community on the edge of Gonaives in Haiti. Several of these homes will be built for those displaced by the massive Haitian earthquake nearly a year ago. The homes are being built in complexes of 8 houses with the goal of running clean water and electricity to each grouping. Click on our blog link for more up to date information.
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12/13/2010
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Haiti Cholera Epidemic
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The last trip Brian made to Haiti, when the cholera epidemic was well underway, he was able to help in the rescue of a medical team out of a hospital in northern Haiti that had went into lockdown. With the group was a reporter from the Roanoke Times. She wrote a story about the medical team, which includes the rescue of the group that Brian and Emory did. Here is the link:
http://www.roanoke.com/multimedia/wb/xp-haiti_cholera
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