On Friday, March 22, LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Kezia visited Trinity Lutheran Church Pre-School to comfort the children. On Friday night, 3 LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs attended a candlelight vigil celebrating the life of the victim and offering hope for the community. The community of Great Mills High School will be forever in our hearts and prayers.
 
The community stands strong as We are...Great Mills!

As the water has receded, they are seeing more families who have lost homes and belongings, ranchers who have lost livestock, and those who can no longer work because the roads and infrastructure have been so badly damaged that they cannot travel as needed to work. Pastor stated that the only road from Fremont to Omaha where many are employed is now buckled and has bridges washed away. There will be lasting effects that will be far-reaching from this flood for most of their community and surrounding areas.
The Colfax County Emergency Management Agency invited LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs Katie (Trinity – Fremont, Nebraska), Eddie (Peace Lutheran – Grand Island, Nebraska), Joanna (Christ Lincoln – Lincoln, Nebraska) , Moses (Christ Lutheran – Cairo, Nebraska), Nicodemus (The Rock – Seward, Nebraska), and Priscilla (Trinity – Lincoln, Nebraska), and their handlers, to the County Volunteer Recognition Dinner for First Responders last week held in Schuyler, Nebraska. They extended their thanks to the K-9 teams for helping the community and first responders with the healing process. All were honored to be there to provide care to those helping the community during the flooding.

Lutheran Church Charities welcomes 22 new LERT certified members! On Saturday, March 23, LCC held a Basic LCMS LERT training for new and recertifying team members in McHenry County, led by Kathy O’Day, LCC Director of Disaster Response. There were a total of 27 in attendance from the following churches and LERT teams in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: