Stories of Hope & Help

Welcome to Stories of Hope and Help! On December 26, 2004, a devastating 9.3 M earthquake struck near Sumatra. The resulting tsunami killed 230,000 people in 15 nations surrounding Sumatra. As you listen, ask yourself how you would respond to a disaster of this magnitude? In this episode, we continue our discussion of how Operation Renewed Hope responded to help those in Sumatra and Indonesia who...

In this episode, we discuss the response of Operation Renewed Hope to help Sumatra and Indonesia after the December 26, 2004 "Boxing Day Earthquake" and tsunami. The earthquake struck near the coast of Sumatra and killed more than 230,000 people in 15 countries. You can read more about that earthquake here: https://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/indo_1204.html . You can read more about Operation Renewed Hope...

In this episode, Jan Milton tells us more about the medical mission trip conducted by Operation Renewed Hope to a remote region of Ghana in 2021. During our conversation, Jan told us about the church that has been planted in the village as a direct result of the medical clinic. He also told us about the protocol of how he met the tribal chief over the area. The picture we posted on this episode sh...

How do we  share the gospel of God's grace in a medical clinic?   In 2021, even with all the travel restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Lord allowed us to field a medical mission team in Ghana.  People came to the Lord during those clinics, and as a result, a church was planted in that area. Jan Milton describes the way we saw God at work in this African nation. For more information abo...

In this episode, we continue our conversation with Jan Milton as he describes the Lord's work in Ghana in 2021. Even with all the travel restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Lord allowed us to field a medical mission team in Ghana.  People came to the Lord during those clinics, and as a result, a church was planted in that area. Jan Milton describes the way we saw God at work in this Afr...

Even with all the travel restrictions during the Covid-19 pandemic, the Lord allowed us to field a medical mission team in Ghana.  People came to the Lord during those clinics, and as a result, a church was planted in that area. Jan Milton describes the way we saw God at work in this African nation. For more information about this episode, please click here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/ORH...

Updated stories from Newport, Tennessee, Swannanoa, North Carolina and Perry, Florida. Don't miss hearing the way the Christmas party for the kids in Swannanoa is coming together.  Operation Renewed Hope partners with other like organizations to supply needed equipment and supplies as they become available.  Every year thousands of pounds of food is warehoused and shipped to sites needing disaster...

In this interview with Jan Milton, we discussed the work of Operation Renewed Hope in three states in the U.S. For more information about this episode, please click here: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Florida-Relief-and-Guyana.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=VjTf6ZefOqU This includes a report from Pastor Rick Palma, the pastor of Treasure Coast Baptist Church who served the community and shared...

In this episode, we will hear testimonies from those who pastor churches in the areas devastated by Hurricane Helene. This includes a testimony from Pastor Mike Fenner of Antioch Baptist Church in Mountain City, TN. That church's building was completely destroyed and carried away by the severe flooding during the storm.    For more information on this episode, see https://myemail.constantcontact.c...

Stories and testimonies from those who were devastated by Hurricane Helene. But by God's grace, they have been able to rise up and serve others. This episode includes an interesting story of how people came to know the Lord in the midst of the devastation. For more about this episode, please click here https://myemail.constantcontact.com/ORH-Relief-across-the-Southeast.html?soid=1134023763267&aid=...

In this episode, Jan Milton tells us about the blessings of how God's people have helped others in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane. Over the years, many pastors and churches who have been helped are the first to volunteer when disasters strike elsewhere. They know how much they appreciated others stepping up to help them, and they want to be a blessing to others. It's important to know th...

Here is an update about the efforts of Operation Renewed Hope, working in disaster relief in western North Carolina. Jan Milton emphasizes that the work is not over two weeks after the disaster. The massive floods and high winds caused such devastation to homes and churches. As funds become available, ORH will provide materials to restore these buildings. We are also helping to coordinate work tea...

In this episode, Jan Milton describes the blessings of being able to help those whose homes have been severely damaged. Don't miss his account about P.J. and another story about the widow in need. In this episode, we referred to 2 Kings 4:1-7, the story of the prophet's help to the widow in an unusual manner: pots to fill. In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, more individual...

In less than two weeks, two major hurricanes have struck the U.S. mainland. How can a small disaster relief agency work together with governmental entities and other relief organizations to make a big impact? Listen to this podcast interview with Jan Milton to find out how Operation Renewed Hope is able to collaborate in order to more effectively share the gospel.   More information about our curr...

In this interview recorded in early October, 2024, Daniel Jones tells us about the recent Operation Renewed Hope medical missions trip to Guyana. As he discusses this trip, we think you will find it easy to put yourself in the shoes of the 50 volunteers who served the Lord together. As you heard in the first podcast, he returned from this trip to find that the area around his home had been devasta...

Another interview with Jan Milton, the founder of Operation Renewed Hope. In this discussion, he explains how ORH carefully positions work teams in areas devastated by a disaster. As he says, the situation in a disaster field is very fluid -- changing day by day. So this requires those who work in disaster fields to be flexible as they seek to help people. To read more about these relief efforts,...

Interview witth Jan Milton recorded on Wednesday, October 9, 2024. Presently, Hurricane Helene damage is estimated at $47 billion. But even as we post this, Hurricane Milton is about to make landfall on the west coast of Florida neara Tampa Bay and Sarasota. In this interview, we discuss how Operation Renewed Hope carefully evaluates the needs in a disaster area and seeks to find work teams that c...

A follow-up discussion with Chris McAviney, the director of disaster relief for Operation Renewed Hope. Recorded on Friday, October 4, 2024. In this podcast, we discuss the efforts of Operation Renewed Hope as we work with Bible-believing churches to help those devastated by Hurricane Helene. We plan to provide more updates as we get more information from the areas devastated by the storm. If you...

A discussion with Chris Mcaviney, the director of disaster relief for Operation Renewed Hope. Recorded on Friday, October 4, 2024, one week after Hurricane Helene devasted parts of Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee. In this podcast, Chris describes the efforts of the many gospel-preaching churches associated with Operation Renewed Hope. For more information, go to htt...

An interview with Daniel Jones, the president and CEO of Operation Renewed Hope. He had just returned from leading a medical mission trip to Guyana to find that his hometown had been devastated by Hurricane Helene in late September 2024. In this podcast, we discussed how the church building of Antioch Baptist Church was destroyed by a rising creek. See the pictures here: https://myemail.constantco...