Today we worked in the distribution center. Friday is Furniture Day. There were 47 families lined up outside the church (distribution center) to hopefully take some furniture home. After the survivors proved their eligibility, they were allowed two pieces of furniture. I spoke with each one as they came through the door to get their approval ticket. Every one of them had totally lost everything. Two families had lost loved ones. The survivors did not mind talking about their stories. They talked easily among themselves even though they were strangers. They shared a pain.
The church that is housing the distribution center plans to be open for years. They still need everything that you can send and they still need volunteers. Forest Lake Baptist Church was the center where we worked but there are several in the area.
We met a little boy names Joshua. Robin will tell you more about him. He is amazing. He has been through a tremendous trauma that no one should go through.
A community that we worked in said the were 98% cleaned up. The rest of Tuscaloosa is 16% cleaned up. They still have a ways to go but....Tuscaloosa will be back.
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