It would seem natural to call Richard Yeomans the “pastor of disaster.” Yeomans is the president of Emergency Ministry Services, a group that trains disaster response teams operating out of churches across Southern California. Since founding the organization in 2007, the San Juan Capistrano resident has deployed to 41 natural and man-made disasters around the globe. “We take on just about any task you can imagine to help people in their time of need,” Yeomans, 65, told The Epoch Times. “It’s important, when you deal with tragedy, to be a good listener and let people share their feelings [and] share their grief.” When over 300,000 people perished after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, Yeomans helped shepherd 80 orphans to the United States for adoption; after a Category 4 tornado devastated Cookeville, Tennessee, in 2020, he and his team helped families recover valuables from the wreckage of their former homes; and …
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