Hearing about the many people who were displaced into shelters and the difficulty those shelters experienced getting vital supplies of food and simple necessities, Pastor David Graham and the SDA church community in Asheville, NC stepped up to help. The church decided to purchased more than $1,000 of food and supplies to be delivered to New Bern.
The dilemma they faced was how would they get the donated supplies and food to the people in New Bern? Many roads remained flooded or were closed due to damage. This is when they contacted Adventist World Aviation to partner in the food delivery effort.
In the coordinated effort, the Asheville SDA community ordered the food and supplies online to be picked up in Raleigh, NC. AWA staff went to Raleigh to pick up the order and drove it back to the AWA hanger at the Johnston County Airport in Smithfield, NC.
On September 20, 2018, two airplanes were filled to capacity with as much food, water and cleaning supplies as they could hold. The two planes were flown down to Coastal Regional Airport in New Bern.
The local Pathfinders club members met the planes at the airport with a truck and trailer to pick up the supplies. From the airport, the Pathfinders took the donations to the final destination at the homeless shelter.
This is one small example of how God’s work is accomplished when people from different communities communicate and work together for the greater good.
