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FIRST PERSON: International student searches for warmth in America, finds it at BSU
MINISTRY THROUGH FURNITURE — Eduardo Hernandez Escobar surveys the Furniture Giveaway for international students sponsored by the Baptist Student Union (BSU) at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in Hattiesburg. The El Salvador native is a senior at the university and active in the BSU at USM. (Photo credit: USM BSU)

FIRST PERSON: International student searches for warmth in America, finds it at BSU

September 20, 2021

By Eduardo Hernandez EscobarCorrespondent As an eighteen-year-old international student, I arrived in Iowa late on a winter night. I remember not being able to breathe…

Kitchen One demobilized after suspected COVID-19 infection
EARLY START – Volunteers from Mississippi Baptist churches fire up the tilt skillets and ovens before daylight on Sept. 4 at the Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief’s Kitchen One feeding unit in Jefferson, La., to begin preparing meals for victims of Hurricane Ida. The Category 4 storm left much of Louisiana and some sections of Mississippi without electrical power and other utilities. (Photo credit: MBDR)

Kitchen One demobilized after suspected COVID-19 infection

September 9, 2021
Disaster Relief chief details early response to Hurricane Ida
BLOWING THROUGH — Signs in front of a downtown Jackson restaurant yield to the winds of Hurricane Ida Aug. 30 as a local police unit patrols the area. Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief is preparing to respond to the needs of victims of the Category Four hurricane that exited Louisiana and struck Mississippi with tropical storm force winds and rain. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

Disaster Relief chief details early response to Hurricane Ida

August 31, 2021