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September 8th, 2005, 11:14 AM
http://www.religionjournal.com/showarticle.asp?id=3217
Emergency repairs in Biloxi and Gulfport are saving homes and restoring hope.
Printer Friendly Version Confined to a wheelchair, Greg Achee watched a group of Samaritan's Purse volunteers tack blue plastic sheeting to his ruined roof in Biloxi, Mississippi. In the backyard, several other volunteers revved up their chainsaws and began cutting through a tree that had fallen against the house.
"My husband's incapacitated, and I couldn't have gotten up there to fix it," explained Tina Achee, standing nearby with a relieved look. "We thought we were going to lose everything. This is a Godsend."
In Biloxi, many neighborhoods close to the water are gone. About a mile inland, where homes are still standing but in desperate need of emergency repairs, the Samaritan's Purse Disaster Relief Unit is moving street to street, covering torn roofs with durable plastic sheeting, and clearing trees, mud, trash, and other debris that had left families feeling isolated and alone.
Emergency repairs in Biloxi and Gulfport are saving homes and restoring hope.
Printer Friendly Version Confined to a wheelchair, Greg Achee watched a group of Samaritan's Purse volunteers tack blue plastic sheeting to his ruined roof in Biloxi, Mississippi. In the backyard, several other volunteers revved up their chainsaws and began cutting through a tree that had fallen against the house.
"My husband's incapacitated, and I couldn't have gotten up there to fix it," explained Tina Achee, standing nearby with a relieved look. "We thought we were going to lose everything. This is a Godsend."
In Biloxi, many neighborhoods close to the water are gone. About a mile inland, where homes are still standing but in desperate need of emergency repairs, the Samaritan's Purse Disaster Relief Unit is moving street to street, covering torn roofs with durable plastic sheeting, and clearing trees, mud, trash, and other debris that had left families feeling isolated and alone.