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This year FBF teamed up with the five local Walmart Neighborhood Market stores to bring some delicious food to our local teachers at the end of the school year. This is something that was started last year with two schools and now we have expanded it to five schools. It is a joy to giveContinue reading “Teacher Appreciation wrap up”

We had the pleasure of serving this man two days in St. Louis. I think I need to make him our corporate spokesperson.

I am sharing a link to a video that a young man did while we were serving in St. Louis. He is with Voice of the People, and loves his community. Please follow the link to the Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/VoiceofThePeopleStl/videos/3623723381262178/?notif_id=1748529206701798&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic_tagged&ref=notif

We were able to make a quick trip to St. Louis to assist the Missouri District in their recovery efforts in the city. With the help of LCMS Disaster Response, https://www.lcms.org/ we connected with Bethlehem Lutheran to serve the community in the Ville area. The destruction left behind by tornadoes is truly horrific. I oftenContinue reading “St. Louis Tornado recovery effort”

The FBF team is traveling to St. Louis in response to the recent devastation caused by a tornado on Friday May 16th. We will be working with Bethlehem Lutheran Church in North St. Louis to help care for their community. Many in their community still do not have power and because of the extreme damage,Continue reading “St. Louis Missouri Tornado Deployment”

What is LERT? Good question…. Lutheran Early Response Team. What does that really mean though? Another good question. Members of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod come together to help others after natural disasters and also in community outreach events throughout the year. LERT class is a basic introduction to training individuals to understand why weContinue reading “LERT Training”

Much like last year, the FBF team along with local Walmart Neighborhood Market managers and associates teamed up to give back to our local High School teachers. This year so far we have cooked at Salmen High and Slidell High, both in Slidell Louisiana. Tomorrow we head out in the morning to cook for NorthshoreContinue reading “Teacher Appreciation Week”

It seems like yesterday that we attended the LA/MS LWML convention. At the convention we were awarded a 5,000.00 grant to support the work that we share in serving those in need. Today we received the check from the wonderful ladies. We are truly blessed and humbled to have been selected for this. Thank youContinue reading “LA/MS LWML Grant”

One of the new projects that FBF has embarked on is the addition of a Laundry Trailer. This unit will be a great addition to the mercy work that we are able to provide to communities who are recovering after a disaster. Until you have lived in a disaster, it is very hard to imagineContinue reading “Laundry Trailer”

As we close out the month of April we are so very thankful for the financial support of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod [LCMS]. The LCMS has committed to supporting our work this year by providing us a financial grant that allows to cover a large part of our salaries. We could have not begunContinue reading “LCMS Support”