About Appalachian Mountain Ministry
The Appalachian Mountain Ministry was sanctioned by the Rehoboth Baptist Association as a ministry in December of 2008. The idea came from a lot of love, prayer, and the enormous outpouring of Love and desire to help those less fortunate than a lot of the people in the Warner Robins area by Mr. Zachery and Anna Lovorn. Anna was the real driver of the ministry and Zach was the full supporter of her yearning to help other people especially children. I remember seeing flyers requesting donations of clothes, toys, bibles, and anything that could be sent to the Appalachian Mountains in 2009 shortly after Ms. Anna had started collecting items to send. However, it was not until a few years later that I began helping with the ministry as a driver to drive the items up to the mountains in Tennessee and Kentucky. In January 2015, Ms. Anna was talking to me about how her health was not allowing her to be able to continue and after much prayer I decided to try and continue the ministry and took over as director in May of 2015. No one could fill the shoes of that little woman as she devoted her whole life to this ministry, and it showed everywhere you turned. Knowing that I could not do everything she did, I enlisted help from John and Phyllis Johnson to undertake the ministry. They have been and continue to be mainstays in the ministry. We try to operate as a team, and I mean a team because there is no way to manage a ministry this size without it being a total team effort.
This ministry has come a long way in a matter of 11 years. From the days in the garage and carport putting everything in banana boxes and then loading them on a truck by hand to now being in an 88 x 50 building putting everything in in Gaylord boxes and some banana boxes but for the most part we ship by semi to every area that can facilitate one. Other than that, we use our box truck and put gaylords and furniture on it unless they must have banana boxes specific. We have a new site now that we have partnered with in Ruston, Louisiana. The Rolling Hills Ministry was suggested to us do to their needs and the conditions in the delta of Louisiana by the North American Mission Board. We are taking a semi over to them every 22 days. Each semi carries roughly 44,000 lbs. This does not take away from our sites in Kentucky and Tennessee because by the Grace of God we have donations coming in and we have loads to go to them each and every time they require one. The weather in Kentucky and Tennessee has hampered some of the sites due to flooding this spring.
We had a huge loss this spring as Ms. Anna went to be with her heavenly father. We will miss for years to come as she was such a pillar in this ministry. Her efforts have grown from the originally 2 boxes that she sent to an estimated million pounds per year now.
This ministry could not function and be successful without the help of the Rehoboth Assoc. and the Disaster Relief ministry who allows us to use their truck to transport all the material. Additionally, we have a great number of men and women who come every Tuesday and many other days when it is required to pack material. Men volunteer to load the trucks with furniture when it is required and without their services it would be very difficult. We appreciate all the efforts that Tim Millwood and the association has provided to this ministry to keep it moving forward and always there to support us.
We pray God will continue to Bless us through donations of materials to send to the Appalachian Mountains and the wonderful people and churches that donate funds that allows us to deliver the items to the mountains. Without Him we can do nothing, but with Him all things are possible. We have established a way that people can donate on a regular or one-time basis to the ministry via online. There is a button on the pages of this web page that will allow you to donate funds. Please pray for God to show you how much you should donate and be sure that these funds are used only for purposes to pack and transport goods to the mountains and the delta of Louisiana. You will be provided a letter of your contributions for tax purposes
Thank you,
Pete Soots, Director of Appalachian Ministry
The Appalachian Mountain Ministry was sanctioned by the Rehoboth Baptist Association as a ministry in December of 2008. The idea came from a lot of love, prayer, and the enormous outpouring of Love and desire to help those less fortunate than a lot of the people in the Warner Robins area by Mr. Zachery and Anna Lovorn. Anna was the real driver of the ministry and Zach was the full supporter of her yearning to help other people especially children. I remember seeing flyers requesting donations of clothes, toys, bibles, and anything that could be sent to the Appalachian Mountains in 2009 shortly after Ms. Anna had started collecting items to send. However, it was not until a few years later that I began helping with the ministry as a driver to drive the items up to the mountains in Tennessee and Kentucky. In January 2015, Ms. Anna was talking to me about how her health was not allowing her to be able to continue and after much prayer I decided to try and continue the ministry and took over as director in May of 2015. No one could fill the shoes of that little woman as she devoted her whole life to this ministry, and it showed everywhere you turned. Knowing that I could not do everything she did, I enlisted help from John and Phyllis Johnson to undertake the ministry. They have been and continue to be mainstays in the ministry. We try to operate as a team, and I mean a team because there is no way to manage a ministry this size without it being a total team effort.
This ministry has come a long way in a matter of 11 years. From the days in the garage and carport putting everything in banana boxes and then loading them on a truck by hand to now being in an 88 x 50 building putting everything in in Gaylord boxes and some banana boxes but for the most part we ship by semi to every area that can facilitate one. Other than that, we use our box truck and put gaylords and furniture on it unless they must have banana boxes specific. We have a new site now that we have partnered with in Ruston, Louisiana. The Rolling Hills Ministry was suggested to us do to their needs and the conditions in the delta of Louisiana by the North American Mission Board. We are taking a semi over to them every 22 days. Each semi carries roughly 44,000 lbs. This does not take away from our sites in Kentucky and Tennessee because by the Grace of God we have donations coming in and we have loads to go to them each and every time they require one. The weather in Kentucky and Tennessee has hampered some of the sites due to flooding this spring.
We had a huge loss this spring as Ms. Anna went to be with her heavenly father. We will miss for years to come as she was such a pillar in this ministry. Her efforts have grown from the originally 2 boxes that she sent to an estimated million pounds per year now.
This ministry could not function and be successful without the help of the Rehoboth Assoc. and the Disaster Relief ministry who allows us to use their truck to transport all the material. Additionally, we have a great number of men and women who come every Tuesday and many other days when it is required to pack material. Men volunteer to load the trucks with furniture when it is required and without their services it would be very difficult. We appreciate all the efforts that Tim Millwood and the association has provided to this ministry to keep it moving forward and always there to support us.
We pray God will continue to Bless us through donations of materials to send to the Appalachian Mountains and the wonderful people and churches that donate funds that allows us to deliver the items to the mountains. Without Him we can do nothing, but with Him all things are possible. We have established a way that people can donate on a regular or one-time basis to the ministry via online. There is a button on the pages of this web page that will allow you to donate funds. Please pray for God to show you how much you should donate and be sure that these funds are used only for purposes to pack and transport goods to the mountains and the delta of Louisiana. You will be provided a letter of your contributions for tax purposes
Thank you,
Pete Soots, Director of Appalachian Ministry