[Humanity Matters Gaza Relief Packing] Joined Humanity Matters on New Year’s Eve for its fifth Gaza relief packing event. This is my fourth time joining them. Volunteers from different ages, backgrounds, race and religion, came forward to help. The event was held at Charis Tabernacle Church, with strong and consistent support from faith, community, corporate and student groups. And a special thanks also to Pacific International Lines for helping to deliver the supplies. | K Shanmugam Sc

She didn’t plan to arrive in Jamaica just as a hurricane hit. Pauline went home to visit family, but when Melissa made landfall, she walked up the hill and found her father’s church open to the sky. Roof gone. Neighbors shaken. Families she’s known her whole life waiting for someone to check on them. So she stepped in. Now she’s serving alongside local churches, Southern Baptist Disaster Relief volunteers, and our Send Relief partners to bring care to communities that were cut off and overwhelme