Buzz and Teresa had big dreams when they moved to Marion, NC, but wound up living in a tent, barely able to buy food. See how you helped them achieve their dream, and how they now help others as well.
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Reporter: MARY IN NORTH
CAROLINA IS A PICTURESQUE@f
TOWN LOCATED@n IN THE
FOOTHILLS OF THE APPALACHIAN
MOUNTAINS.
BUZZ AND TRE TERESA ALWAYS
WANTED TO LIVE THERE.
SO BUZZ QUIT THIS JOB AND
THEY MOVED TO THE AREA.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW MANY OF THE
FAMILIES WERE STRUGGLING
WITH FACTORY CLOSURES.
BUZZ AND TERESA ENDED UP
LIVING IN A TENT.
EVERYTHING JUST RAN OUT.
WE COULDN'T FIND WORK.
WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE OUR
NEXT MEAL WAS COMING FROM.
WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY.
WE STARTED BRAINSTORMING AND
THINKING, WHAT CAN WE DO?
WHERE ARE WE GOING TO GO?
WE'RE HURTING PHYSICALLY AND
EMOTIONALLY, AND GOD WAS
DRAWING US TO HIM THE WHOLE
TIME.
Reporter: THE
CAMPBELL'S FOUND "OPERATION
BLESSING" PARTNER VICTORY
MINISTRY.
AFTER GETTING FOOD THERE,
BUZZ AND TERESA ATTENDED ONE
OF THE CHURCH'S SUNDAY
SERVICES.
THE WAY GOD REALLY GOT MY
ATTENTION WAS WE WERE DOWN
TO OUR LAST $10.
AND I WAS LED TO GIVE HALF
OF THAT INTO THE MINISTRY.
Reporter: WHEN BUZZ LET
GO OF THAT $5, I JUST SEEN A
PEACE AND A CALMNESS COME
OVER HIS LIFE.
AND I'M THINKING, LORD, IF
YOU HAVE EVER, EVER BLESSED
A MAN, I'M ASKING YOU RIGHT
NOW BLESS THAT MAN AND DO IT
IMMEDIATELY.
Reporter: BO ABOUT A
WEEK LATER, BUZZ LANDED A
JOB WORKING AT A DAY PROGRAM
WORKING WITH PEOPLE WITH
MENTAL AND PHYSICAL
CHALLENGES.
HE NOW SERVES THERE AS A
DIRECTOR.
TODAY THEY VOLUNTEER WITH
THE MINISTRY, GIVING OUT
FOOD TO OTHER FAMILIES IN
NEED.
THE FOOD FROM "OPERATION
BLESSING" IS IMMENSELY
IMPORTANT TO THIS
COMMUNITY.
WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO BLESS
OTHERS.
JESUS INTENDED US TO PUT HIS
BLESSINGS TO USE IN THE
LIVES OF OTHERS.
WHEN YOU TURN YOUR LIFE
OVER TO THE LORD, YOU CAN'T
GO ANYWHERE BUT UP.
