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Updated: 21 January 2007
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Mississippi Trip - Day 3
- MS trip home page
- Day 1 - Travel & Arrival
- Day 2 - Welcome & Get To Work!
- Day 3 - Roxanne
- Day 4 - A New House
- Day 5 - Not Done Yet ...
- Day 6 - One for the Road
- Planning a relief missions trip FAQ
| Today we
returned to Roxanne's house that we began working on yesterday. She
told us that she lived in this house since she was three years old.
Aside from losing almost everything in the hurricane, she has also
been through tremendous tragedy in her family. Her husband passed
away just a few weeks ago and she has had several other close
friends and family facing serious illness. She, her son, and her
mother currently live behind the house in a couple of FEMA trailers
(see picture).
Today we got a real opportunity to hear her story, to talk to and encourage her. She is a very giving person. She has a heart for both animals and people. Up until the hurricane, she would regularly feed and/or house up to 12 people in her three-bedroom home. This was because she and her mother would find people in the neighborhood in need of assistance. She also took in animals, of which several are still in her backyard. |
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| During the hurricane she lost a couple of beloved dogs and her husband's horse. Today she was going to a job interview and we had the opportunity to pray with her as a group. At the end of the day, we signed a Samaritan's Purse Bible to present to her. |  |
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| Today's work entailed completing the demolition and cleaning of the house. We removed the remaining sheetrock and paneling, cleaned the debris, swept the floors and sprayed and scrubbed the studs with a Clorox solution. |  |
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| In his zeal for demolition work, Brian smashed an overhead light with his wrecking bar and lacerated his neck with a shard of glass, proving that you really should "check before you wreck." (Brian will be presented with the Purple Heart for bravery on his next mission trip.) |  |
| When we removed
the paneling from one of the walls, we found some unwelcome guests
that were drawn to the water damaged walls.
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| On the trip home, we passed several heavily damaged houses and buildings. One was like a house right out of "The Wizard of Oz." Another was a gas station that was almost completely leveled. There are still many businesses that are not up and running, especially supermarkets. | |
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