(dramatic music)
- When I went to sleep, Sally was not coming in
to Orange Beach.
(loud thunderstorm)
In the middle of the night though, I wake up, you can hear
the hurricane winds.
(dramatic music) (intense winds)
We're stuck.
You can't go nowhere right then.
It's pitched black outside.
Tree down in the yard here, had a tree on my truck,
and I had a tree on the back end of my house.
(dramatic music) (loud thunderstorm)
When Hurricane Sally hit Orange Beach,
it had already been a very, very complicated year for me.
My husband just passed away.
Now here's all this damage.
What in the world are we gonna do?
(dramatic music)
(cutting down the tree intensely)
That time they showed up, I'm standing out here in the yard.
You know, I was like just flabbergasted.
(cutting trees intensely)
You know, even though you know the Lord,
you just feel like, why?
Why me? (cutting trees intensely)
At the very end, they all come up.
They prayed with my daughter and my grandson and myself
and they give me this Bible that's signed
by everybody that was on the team.
It impacted me.
(soft music)
Six months after Sally hit,
I was able to go with some church members
and to get training for the disaster teams.
(gentle music)
You have an opportunity to reach the loss
while you're helping.
That's the only way I can describe it.
We're going to help you get through it.
So it's an important ministry.
It really is. (gentle music)
I would just love to thank all the Alabama churches
that have supported the disaster teams and their missions.
Thank you because it helped me
and it does make a difference. (gentle music)