Twenty-Six LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs and Their Teams from Eleven States Deploy to Uvalde, Texas, to Be Present with Children and Staff as They Return to School

During May and June of 2022, thirteen LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs and handlers deployed to Uvalde, Texas, for two weeks to be a calming and comforting presence to the families and community after the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary, taking the precious lives of 19 students and two teachers.

However, LCC K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry’s mission of serving and caring for Uvalde does not end there. LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs and their handlers have been invited to return to Uvalde by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District.
 
The K-9s and their teams will be present at each of the District’s eight schools for three weeks each morning, from September 6 to September 23, to be a calming and comforting presence for the students as they return to school. They will also be available to the staff and parents to walk with them during their healing process.

The following LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs and their teams will serve in Uvalde, Texas, from September 6 to September 23, 2002.

Wave 1
Abner (Bethany - Austin, Texas)   
Cubby (Redeemer - Fort Collins, Colorado)
Damaris (Memorial - Katy, Texas)
Devorah (Redeemer - Fort Collins, Colorado)
Elijah (Our Redeemer - Wichita Falls, Texas)
Joy (Gloria Dei - Houston, Texas)
Katie (Trinity - Fremont, Nebraska)
Martha (Bethany - Austin, Texas)
Priscilla (Trinity - Lincoln, Nebraska)
Triton (Messiah - Plano, Texas)

Wave 2
Caleb (Immanuel - Valparaiso, Indiana)
Claudia (Trinity - Toledo, Ohio)
Eden (Peace - Columbus, Nebraska)
Gabriel (Messiah - Houston, Texas)
Joanna (Christ Lutheran - Lincoln, Nebraska)
Job (Christ the King - Memphis, Tennessee)
Keren (Immanuel - Ellsworth, Kansas)
Pax (St. Paul - Fort Worth, Texas)
Persis (King of Kings - Glenpool, Oklahoma)
Phoebe (St. Paul - Fort Worth, Texas)

Wave 3
Abner (Bethany - Austin, Texas)
Charity (Brookfield - Brookfield, Wisconsin)
Gideon (St Michael’s - Bloomington, Minnesota)
Jael (Trinity – Hobart, Indiana)
Martha (Bethany - Austin, Texas)
Mary (St. Paul - Janesville, Wisconsin)
Miriam (Emmanuel – Kingfisher, Oklahoma)
Peace (Trinity – Orlando, Florida)
Triton (Messiah – Plano, Texas)

The teams will be bringing Mini Stuffed LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs to share with the children and adults in Uvalde.
 
A stuffie is one way LCC can offer lasting comfort. Please prayerfully consider donating so that we can continue to provide stuffies to those in need.

DONATE — Mini Stuffed LCC K-9 Comfort Dog

We pray that having the LCC K-9 Comfort Dogs present as school begins will help to bring a calming and comforting distraction. We lift up in prayer the parents, children, and teachers of Uvalde as school begins and the community continues to grieve the loss of nineteen students and two teachers taken tragically from them.

LCC's K-9 Comfort Dog Ministry never goes where we are not invited and never charges those we serve as we bring the Mercy, Compassion, Presence and Proclamation of Jesus Christ to those suffering and in need. We pick up all of our travel, hotel, and meal costs.
 
Please prayerfully consider donating to the LCC K-9 Comfort Travel Expense Fund so that we can continue serving the hurting community of Uvalde.

DONATE — LCC K-9 COMFORT DOG TRAVEL EXPENSE FUND