Missy and Chad prayed as the hurricane ripped through their Florida home. Although they survived, the house was soaked and unlivable. For the next nine months, they lived in a tiny RV with their three children. But home repairs were agonizingly ...
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- [Narrator] Missy and Chad live
in Panama City Beach, Floridawith their three kids.
They live in a house on aconcrete slab away from the beach,
so when Hurricane Michael came,they thought they were safe.
Then the storm hit full force.
Missy captured those terrifyingmoments on her cell phone.
- It was whistling, the wind and the rains
coming in so fast.
It's like white outside.
You could hardly see anything.
Then the trees started fallingand cracking and crashing.
- And I feel like I'm theprotector of my family,
so I'm running around checking things.
Back to the game room!
Our roof was just lifting off the house.
- [Missy] And so we startedsinging that one song,
What a Beautiful Name It Is.
It was like this most amazing peace
just completely filled the room.
When everything slowed down
we were able to go outside of the house.
It was a mess in just two hours' time.
- [Narrator] Their home wasseverely damaged by the storm.
Forced out of their house, they scrambled
to come up with a place to live.
- After the storm, a lotof the places on the beach
raised their prices on rent every month.
- [Narrator] The only optionthe family could afford
was a small RV they found on Craig's List.
- We've been nine months in this RV,
five of us living here.
It's been rough being in here.
- Tried to hold this togetherand tried to be positive.
And there were days whenI would go in the house
and I would be like,ugh, nothing's happening.
It looks the same as it did
after the house was stripped down.
- [Narrator] Then Chadgot an unexpected call
from Operation Blessing.
- And he's like, how would you feel
if we came in did yourinsulation and sheet rock.
- [Narrator] Operation Blessing helped
Missy and Chad save their house.
We redid their insulation, along with
the drywall and floors.
- We are so grateful.
Thank you!
- [Narrator] Thanks to the support
of Operation Blessing donors,
Missy and Chad are gettingtheir lives back on track.
- Just going in there today,
and looking at my house.
With the sheet rock going up,
it just takes your breath away.
