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In Deep Water

In my little corner of the world, we just experienced one of the worst natural disasters in America. My family and I were spared from the catastrophic flooding in our neighborhood, but many of my friends were not.  My church was not spared.  What is left is hard to put into words.  The waters have receded in most areas, but there are still areas of town where the waters are still trying to claim houses, land, and anything else in its path. The devastation is truly unbelievable. And sometimes you feel guilty that you were spared and they were not...but... People need help and because I was spared, I get to help. Though our church building was not spared entirely, our worship center was and our pastor decided that we could help with what we had, and so the mission began. Over the past three days, we have started a laundry unit, taken in over 500 bags of smelly, wet, water-swamped laundry, returned over 300 bags of laundered and folded clothes, taken in donations by ...