Saturday some members of the church decided we wanted a cool new yellow shirt, so we loaded up at oh-dark thirty and headed up to Houston. My chainsaw needs an award for all the trees it chewed through. Sorry I don't have pictures, but here are some details.
We showed up at the stake center where the hundred or so volunteers received assignments and supplies. The assignments ranged from moving people out of their homes to tarping roofs and removing trees. The missionaries had scoured the local areas asking people if they needed help, and those people along with local first responders were the houses we tackled. Our crew went to four different houses removing downed trees. Two sites had trees strike houses. One resident decided to keep their trampoline from blowing away by letting the wind drop a tree across it. That wouldn't have been my method but it worked! It was hot, a lot of work, a VERY long day, and a lot of fun. I wouldn't be surprised if we are asked to come back in a week or two when Galveston is opened up. We might need more shovels than chain saws there.
The area we provided our service in, through the home-teaching network, had accounted for the members and their needs within a day of the hurricane hitting. Talk about a good system!
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Its amazing how well things work when the members are dedicated. Congrats on getting a chance to clean up afterwards. I got to help clean up around FT Worth after a tornado hit there and it helps to remind you what really matters. And it is kinda cool to see suburbans on their sides with "all-state" or "farmers mutual" spray painted on the bottom.
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