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| Braxton watches as all their furniture is carried out by the road |
Braxton and Meredith live in Newport, North Carolina. They dealt with a miscarriage in December,
but Meredith is now 6 months pregnant. Hurricane Florence ripped through their neighborhood leaving behind 9" to 2' of flooding in each home. Their insurance adjuster came and broke the news to them that they only
have flood coverage on the house, but not the contents. Meredith was in tears when they heard the
news. Braxton encouraged her saying,
"We started with nothing. It has
only been 2 years. God supplied all of
this." I helped them unpack the
boxes with their brand new baby furniture.
All of it was destroyed. Nothing
could be saved.
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| Brand new crib added to trash pile |
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| Braxton pulls up flooring he recently laid |
Braxton said, "We bought a home not expecting it to be
gone in 9 months." It has only been
6 weeks since he laid the flooring in the living room and dining room. He sighed.
“It came up a lot easier than it went down.” He has a great attitude about it all. He explained, "All my possessions are
not my own." He gave everything to
God long ago. He added, "I wish it
was just us and not everybody else here.
At least we are doing it together.
Better than doing it alone."
Indeed, he was not alone. A whole
group from One Harbor Church was there gutting and praying with them. He said, "It was just 9 inches, but nine
was enough.” The church group was joined by ReachGlobal Crisis Response volunteers who worked on numerous homes in this neighborhood. It was a really friendly neighborhood. One family came around with Italian ices for the homeowners and volunteers.
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| Neighborhood children share Italian ices with Braxton |
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| Braxton and Meredith talk with Braxton's parents who they are temporarily staying with |
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| ReachGlobal Crisis Response staff member Jacqueline Watson helps with 4' gut on their home |
