Gloria - A Katrina story

One of the houses we gutted belonged to Gloria. She had been living in New Orleans, but Katrina had devastated her house. In fact, there was still water in it in January, months after it all happened. We went and “de-mucked” her house, pulling out sheetrock and insulation, all the way down to the studs. They might have to be replaced as well, as the standing water rotted some of them out.

Gloria is slightly mentally handicapped, so she had an agency that was helping her out somewhat. Teresa, who helps her out, brought Gloria over to say hi to us. Gloria was so thankful for what we were doing to help her.

As we had been given money to use to help people out, I was able to pass $100 along to Gloria. She was so overcome by emotion she couldn’t even look at the camera for a picture. But our students came over right away and loved all over her. It was awesome. It was all about God.