They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here are a few pictures.

The house on the left is the top story. The foundation is on the right of the picture. The bottom story was demolished.

The pictures of Mike and I were taken at the end of a long day working in the mud. The mud had dried by the time we
took pictures, so we don't look as dirty as we really were, but I can't remember ever being so dirty. I thought shoveling mud would be like cleaning out the corrals after milking but it was much heavier and stickier, and very difficult to shovel.

The day this picture (below) was take I was pulling posters, bags, and boxes of "stuff" off of the top of a very large walk-in cooler and the muddy (smelly) water just poured down on me each time I pulled something down. I spent a couple of hours standing on a ladder handing down all of the stuff that was up there. I used a golf club and a rake to reach a lot of it. After lunch I spent the entire afternoon with a large floor squeege, sweeping the floors to get out the last of the muddh water. While I was working in the restaurant Mike was working in the trailer behind taking out sheet rock and insulation. By the end of the day we were both beyond tired.

The day before these pictures, Mike and I were both working in the mobile home (behind) and the young women (who were amazing) were working in the restaurant in front. Sharon, the lady who owns Sandy's restaurant, said, "I can't believe what these Mormons have done for me, and the YOUTH... I have never seen kids work like that."

Below is a picture of her restaurant where we worked for 2 days. The water came up to the eves. In the beginning Sharon (the owner) was not going to re-open, but after all the help she changed her mind. All in all it was an amazing experience. Since then we have had rain all day and all night (again) but the river didn't raise more than a foot or two. When the hurricane came through there was so much water coming down that it was like a bucket pouring water instead of rain drops.
This is the first time in my entire life I can remember anyone praying for it to stop raining!

We love everyone, and will write more later. Elder and Sister Charchenko

It looks much better now.