Shirley Zeno in Welsh, Louisiana
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almost two years since Hurricane Delta slammed a tree into her roof, shortly after her husband passed away. “There was water all over everything,” she said, so she moved into a trailer with her daughter—who has since passed away. Trying to salvage what she could, Zeno spent a large chunk of her savings, accumulated from working the past 20 years as a housekeeper at a local nursing home. Then she learned she would receive a brand-new home built by MDS volunteers. “When they
LOUISIANA
God will dwell with hurricane survivor “Thank God they’re here.” That’s what Shirley Zeno said as she looked at MDS volunteers building her a brand-new home in Welsh, Louisiana. Zeno has been waiting a long time to move in with her four great- grandchildren, all under 13. It’s been
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told me, all I could do was cry,” she said. “I thank God every time I look at it.” Often her neighbors stop by, standing with her as she checks the progress on the construction. “They ask me when the house will be done,” she added. “I tell them it’ll be finished when the Lord wants it to be, and He will dwell in it with me.”
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