Ann and Wayne Barber not only used their training to help save a life while volunteering during a storm, they also celebrated their 50th anniversary on May 28 in Wimberley, Texas with a group of SBTC DR volunteers initially responding to flooding along the Blanco River.
VAN, Texas (Christian Examiner) – Disaster relief took on a new dimension recently for Texas Southern Baptist disaster relief volunteers Wayne and Ann Barber when they worked with a 911 dispatcher to save someone’s life.
Assigned to assist residents in the small East Texas town of Van which was hit by an EF-3 tornado May 10, the Barbers came upon a disoriented homeowner in his late 40s leaning unsteadily on a lawnmower.
Realizing something was wrong and relying on their disaster relief training, they hurried to help.
“He was unresponsive, but we knew what to do from our SBTC first aid training,” Barber toldThe Southern Baptist Texan. “I got cold Gatorade and a chair from the back of my truck. We eased the man into the chair and cooled his body with ice and water. He could not even drink.”
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