Your HELP IS NEEDED!
Henryville, Indiana "Super Cell" Tornado Relief

Farmers from Covington, Ohio, volunteering for the Fellowship of Christian Farmers. Pictured along the fence line, left to right, are Alan Morrow, Duane Apple, and Dan Batdorf.

The Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International has set up a base camp in Henryville, Indiana, to begin the long recovery campaign from an EF-4 tornado that hit this southern Indiana town people on Friday, March 2nd. Farmers who know how to run loaders and chain saws will be needed in the rural areas surrounding Henryville. Fencing repairs on pasture land will be needed immediately. Farmers across the Midwest are busy with spring planting, but have all experienced a disaster where neighbors came to help them. There is no such thing as well timed disaster. FCFI Rapid Response Coordinators John Adams, Crestwood, Kentucky and Melvin Bell, Mahomet, Illinois are organizing this relief effort.

Pine tree stripped bare from the March 2nd tornado in Henryville, Indiana.

The Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International has its shower trailer at the Henryville Methodist Church to begin helping farm families in Clark County rebuild following the tornadoes. The FCFI Motor Coach is also available for lodging for families and teams of farmers who can come to Henryville to build. The line of destruction runs from New Pekin, Indiana east across I-65 to Henryville and then through the farm country and communities of Chelsea and Marysville. The storm then moved over the Ohio River into Trimble County, Kentucky.

John Ryan, farmer in Henryville, Indiana, looking across his pasture at acres of damaged trees gathered into a burn pile, while 3 from the Fellowship of Christian Farmers volunteer their time and talents repairing cattle fences.

These storms hit at a time of the year when most farmers are busy. The Fellowship of Christian Farmers invites retired farmers, church groups, and FFA Chapters to consider traveling to the Fellowship's base camp in Henryville, Indiana to begin helping our Indiana neighbors.

Dan Batdorf, Covington, Ohio, using a wire stretcher to repair fencing on John Ryan's farm in Henryville, Indiana.

Contact the FCFI Home Office to register your team to be part of the "Henryville, Indiana Super Cell Tornado Relief" campaign.

e-mail: fellowship@fcfi.org
phone: 309-365-8710
cell/text: 309-530-7004
web: www.fcfi.org

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The Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International welcomes all who plan to attend this year's Fieldays, June 13-16th in Hamilton, North Island. The 2012 Fieldays is the second year in a row the Fellowship exhibited at New Zealand's largest farm show. Our goal at Fieldays is to set up a professional display, have fun interacting with people about their faith in Christ, and start a New Zealand organization for Fellowship of Christian Farmers, International. We will trust in the Lord for His direction.