Hurricane Katrina Recovery Continues

Sixteen new houses are being built in McComb, MS by Voice of Calvary Ministries of Jackson, MS with a completion date of June 2006. The homes are 1100 to 1400 Square feet with 3 BR and 2 bathrooms. After this initial work, they will begin to build housing developments in Moss Point, Biloxi and Mendenhall.

Needs include: volunteers, finances and names of people who need a home. Local involvement by churches, residents and government units are vital to this effort.

Churches from the San Francisco Bay area of California are currently helping to provide funding and volunteers. Reed hopes other churches around the nation will hear about this example and do likewise.

Contact Phil Reed or C J Jones of Voice of Calvary at 601-353-1635 cjjones@vocm.org or philreed@vocm.org. To learn more, visit www.vocm.org.

Voice of Calvary has also been utilizing a Mobile Medical Unit was donated shortly after Katrina by the Modesto, CA Rotary Club. It has been stationed in Biloxi for two months. Recently it was moved to Bay St. Louis where doctors expressed a need to have a place to practice.

Phil Reed said that VOCM hopes to start a modular housing factory with 50-75 employees in the next year. This factory will be able to build 2-4 houses each day.