- I've been able to lead more people to Jesus Christ
through disaster relief than any other ministry
that I've been involved with.
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- [Narrator] After more than 20 years
as an Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief Volunteer,
John Hayes knows it's really not about the chainsaws
or the feeding,
it's about meeting people's needs
and ministering to them in Jesus name.
- I have yet to have a deployment
when he didn't put somebody in my way
that I wasn't able to witness to.
And I've been on 147 state deployments so far
and he'll make a way if you just make yourself available.
- [Narrator] In addition to leading people to Christ,
John and other volunteers encourage and help believers too.
Believers like Carol Blair,
whose home was in the path of not one but two hurricanes.
Ivan in 2004 and Sally in 2020.
She has a special way of referring to those volunteers.
- They're yellow shirted angels that come in,
don't fly in on wings,
they come in on trucks, and cars, and vans,
and they minister to everybody in such a precious fashion,
not just by cuttin' trees and not muddin' out
in different things, but by ministering to the soul
and givin' hope.
- [Narrator] Your gifts to the Myers-Mallory State Missions
Offering are part of the fuel that keeps this yellow shirt
army of angels operating.
- [Carol] For people who don't understand
where their money goes, let me assure you,
in having these men and women who volunteer
their time and their effort,
the Southern Baptist is a relief team,
is a powerful ministry to those who are hurting,
those who have no hope, and those who are lost,
it gives 'em hope.
And that's what they did for us. They gave us hope.
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