Work Begins

We began the day at 6:00am on a piece of property on the outskirts of Okolona, MS.

We helped Mr. Roberts, who had lost his trailer, and had several fallen trees on his property. He is limited in what he can do, due to injuries sustained in war. Our crew began working on removing the fallen trees with chainsaws, and cleaning up the area.

Mr. Edwards had a tree that he wanted to stand back up, so our guys jumped on board to help him!

Later in the morning, we moved to Smithville, MS, where we began clearing fields of debris.

This Bible was found in the field near Mr. Cox's home. It belonged to his parents, one of which lost their life in the storm. He said that when he stumbled upon it, it was opened to Psalm 23.

I found this hymnal, while combing one of the fields. Notice the hymn it's opened to.

Of course, this crew always has fun and a few light-hearted moments!

Tiffany Smith and some of our ladies, worked with our younger children at Sav-A-Life, to help organize and box up donations.

Our team did a tremendous job today, working in high temps and high humidity. What others thought would take days, our team managed to complete in hours.

A HUGE thank you to Dana and her Sav-A-Life volunteers for keeping our crew fed! Not necessary, but MUCH appreciated! One thing about the women of the South, you will not go hungry!

After we stopped work for the day, Joey, his Dad, Ashley, and I drove through downtown Smithville. I had yet to see it, and let me tell you, it was shocking to see. All the pictures I had seen up until now, did not tell the complete story. Even a month after the tornado, there is still so much debris, so much destruction. It's unnerving to see.