Two communities devastated by recent disasters have begun “long term recovery” and need help. Since Hurricane Isaac inundated LaPlace, Louisiana with unprecedented flooding in August, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship has been working to help residents return to a “new normal.” After a tornado ripped through Hattiesburg, Mississippi on February 3, CBF, along with University Baptist Church … Continue reading
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‘I just want to go home’
By Tommy Deal, CBF Georgia Disaster Response Coordinator Miriam Marks sits each day in the remains of her living room waiting for the day when she and her 82-year-old husband can return to their home of 56 years. On August 29, 1956, Miriam and her barber husband Luce moved into their newly built house in … Continue reading