Story We alert you today to a Need that we have worked for several weeks. In fact, you, the Deeder Community, funded some testing for this six-year-old boy just a few weeks ago through Need Alert 18.19. (to see all past needs go to www.oneneed.org). The family is actively involved with one of our local church partners, and the issue is that the boy was doing fine in math, but struggling with reading. The mother and father have been concerned all ...

Story We alert you today of a young woman that is in danger of becoming homelessness. Our local church partner is working closely with her through this uncertain time. She was evicted from the apartment she was subleasing due to the main tenant going into default on the rent. She works at Chick-fil-a, and we are working to get her stable housing. She needs a few weeks to recover, and we want to support her with two weeks in an extended stay hote ...

Story We alert you today to a member of our local church partner who joined about two years ago when she came to town as part of a residential addiction recovery program for mothers.  Over the course of her recovery and her relationship with the church, she accepted Christ and was baptized.  She is a faithful member, along with her daughter, and has been very dedicated to her recovery. This weekend, her father died after a short stay in ICU.  As ...

Story We alert you today to a woman that is recovering from an illness that required her to be in the hospital for an entire month. In late January the single woman was diagnosed with the Type A Flu Virus. While being treated for the Flu symptoms, her throat began to swell shut. Doctors discovered that she was also suffering from a bacterial infection. She was treated in the hospital for her illness for a full month. She began working again just ...

Story We alert you this morning to a family of five that has lost their home, and everything in it, in a house fire. Unfortunately, they did not have renters insurance. The mother and father both are very hard working parents. The mother had a seamstress business in the home, and she has lost all of her fabric, supplies, and her machines are damaged. The rental home is no longer livable and the family is in search of a new rental home. The famil ...

Story We alert you today to a family in need. They lost their 22-year-old son in a motorcycle accident in late January. This tragedy has devastated the family, and the parents have been battling just to put one foot in front of the other every day. Their work production slowed, and their income dropped. The burial created additional expenses that the family just did not have in reserve. They are heartbroken, and their budget is busted. We are wo ...