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- When I went to sleep,
Sally was not coming in

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to Orange Beach.

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(loud thunderstorm)

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In the middle of the night
though, I wake up, you can hear

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the hurricane winds.

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(intense winds)

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We're stuck.

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You can't go nowhere right then.

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It's pitched black outside.

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Tree down in the yard here,
had a tree on my truck,

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and I had a tree on the
back end of my house.

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(dramatic music)
(loud thunderstorm)

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When Hurricane Sally hit Orange Beach,

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it had already been a very,
very complicated year for me.

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My husband just passed away.

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Now here's all this damage.

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What in the world are we gonna do?

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(cutting down the tree intensely)

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That time they showed up, I'm
standing out here in the yard.

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You know, I was like just flabbergasted.

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(cutting trees intensely)

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You know, even though you know the Lord,

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you just feel like, why?

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Why me?
(cutting trees intensely)

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At the very end, they all come up.

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They prayed with my daughter
and my grandson and myself

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and they give me this Bible that's signed

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by everybody that was on the team.

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It impacted me.

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Six months after Sally hit,

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I was able to go with some church members

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and to get training
for the disaster teams.

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(gentle music)

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You have an opportunity to reach the loss

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while you're helping.

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That's the only way I can describe it.

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We're going to help you get through it.

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So it's an important ministry.

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It really is.
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I would just love to thank
all the Alabama churches

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that have supported the disaster
teams and their missions.

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Thank you because it helped me

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and it does make a difference.
(gentle music)