Help a Marine Returning from Afghanistan

Sargent Nathan Zello with the US Marine Corps has been fighting in Afghanistan for the past year.

His father Keith has been a member of Timberlake UMC and as a master carpenter has led and helped with many building projects, locally and in Mississippi following Katrina.

While Keith's son, Nathan was away, his wife left him, his baby is now being raised by Keith and Carrie. In addition the house was badly trashed. As you read the email below, you will see that Nathan is coming home soon. Nathan has seen extreme action and will have difficult adjustments to make. He also may have to go back sometime soon.

Nathan needs our help. Would you read the email below and pray about ways we could get involved. Keith needs one group to join him at the home in North Carolina and help clean up the mess and do light jobs such as painting. Another group can help with the more serious repairs listed in the email.

Just so you know the house is approximately 4 to 5 hours drive away from Lynchburg in North Carolina.

Read the email below and if you can help, please let me know.

From: zello1@aol.com [mailto:zello1@aol.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 5:58 PM
To: larrydavies@sowingseedsoffaith.com
Subject: Sargent Zello's home repair

Larry:

Thanks again for your assistance in this manner.

His home needs all the carpet replaced, interior doors replaced, drywall work to patch holes in the wall, inside of the whole house needs painted do to the filth on the walls, the yard cleaned up due to all the trash left astray, loose toilets reset, front porch rail painted, curtains and blinds replaced from the dog damage, all the kitchen appliances deep cleaned and hopefully saved, if time permits put siding on the shed in the back yard.

I will get a portable storage unit to put his belongings in while the work is being done, I will have my tool trailer there, and I will be at the house until the job is done. I will go down there on the 29^th or the 30^th.

He is expected back between the 9^th – 13^th of May.

No service member should ever have to come home to such an awful situation. I have hard copy pictures of the house. Let’s welcome him home with a blessing from God.

Keith Zello