8992Tiger
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I got to spend a Saturday in Old Fort with Baptists on Mission (BoM). Yes, they are a more conservative bunch than I am, both theologically and politically, but they are helping people, no questions asked, and that is Jesus' message. I plan to go more when my vacation resets in January.
Stories:
Our first site was a family who lived in a tent for two weeks after Helene. The parents now sleep in a little shed that an organization put on their plot and the kids sleep in a little camper. They don't have much else. It fucking SUCKS! While we were there, an old neighbor stopped by on his tractor and told the wife which pile of trash he was moving next. It struck me that he had probably been doing this every weekend for two months, and they have barely made a dent. Damn, that is hard.
Our next site was a really nice vacation-looking, creek-side cabin that had been flooded and had piles of downed trees washed all around it. I spoke to the two women who lived there. They were standed two days before Helene hit, and watched from the second floor as the first floor flooded, hoping they would survive. They were in good spirits, obviously professional and better off financially than most of the folks in the area. There was already another Baptist on Mission crew there so we left. The ladies were pretty obviously gay. Good on BoM for helping, no questions asked.
Helping is good for the soul.
