The clinic has two, rooms, six cots and a diagnostic room. The only medicine is in the cabinet. Florida Conference funds are helping refurbish the church, which was damaged during Angola's civil war.
The funds helped pay for a new roof and ceiling tiles, doorways, windows, tile for the floors, structural and exterior work, and other repairs. The kids raised enough funds to fill shoeboxes with gifts for needy children around the world.
Laurinda right Quipungo look on. The kits finally arrived after many months of going through the shipping process. The work team was sent by Trinity United Methodist Church's "clearinghouse" for disaster relief. The cooperative ministry led the effort to get the newly established depot up and running, just in time for the unusally active portion of the hurricane season. The depot was ready to receive supplies just three weeks before.
Florida Conference offerings are helping rebuild the church and other buildings in the complex that were damaged or destroyed during Angola's civil war. The furniture will be given to area migrant workers affected by the season's hurricanes. The Rev. Lusby Burruss hopes they and those who head to the polls Nov. Lusby Burruss hopes early voters like these, who waited more than two hours at the public library here, will vote against the statewide ballot's Amendment 4 and it's efforts to put slot machines in various locations in Miami-Dade and Broward counties.
As the conference's anti-gambling chair, Burruss spearheaded efforts to encourage Florida United Methodists to vote against the amendment. More than homes were either destroyed or damaged. The area's food pantries are not operating-one closed and the other lost its roof during the storm.
