5 area men witness devastation in Biloxi
By Lori Hansen - Daily News correspondent
As the Gulf Coast’s cleanup from Hurricane Katrina continues, five men from a Greenville church were able to assist and deliver much needed goods from here to a church in Biloxi, Miss.
The quintet — Scott Anderson, Chris and Steve Krogman, Dennis Richards and Jim Tiesinga, all members of the Faith Baptist Church in Greenville — left Oct. 13 to deliver a trailer full of items, mostly collected from other church members, to their sister church, the Lighthouse Baptist Church, in Biloxi.
“We left at midnight,” said Anderson. “We drove a truck with a camper on it pulling a 14- by six(-foot) trailer packed full. We had two refrigerators, one an industrial one donated by Northland Corp., two washers and a dryer, food items, hygiene items, wheelbarrows, shovels, and rakes.”
Eighteen hours later, the men unloaded everything at Lighthouse Baptist, which sustained only minor damage when Katrina struck Aug. 29. Pastor Randy and Terre Farwell have converted the church and parsonage into a relief station, providing needs not only for residents looking for help but also for arriving volunteer workers.
“Terre just cried when she saw everything, especially the refrigerator,” said Richards, who went to church with the Farwells as children and has kept in contact with them.
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As the Gulf Coast’s cleanup from Hurricane Katrina continues, five men from a Greenville church were able to assist and deliver much needed goods from here to a church in Biloxi, Miss.
The quintet — Scott Anderson, Chris and Steve Krogman, Dennis Richards and Jim Tiesinga, all members of the Faith Baptist Church in Greenville — left Oct. 13 to deliver a trailer full of items, mostly collected from other church members, to their sister church, the Lighthouse Baptist Church, in Biloxi.
“We left at midnight,” said Anderson. “We drove a truck with a camper on it pulling a 14- by six(-foot) trailer packed full. We had two refrigerators, one an industrial one donated by Northland Corp., two washers and a dryer, food items, hygiene items, wheelbarrows, shovels, and rakes.”
Eighteen hours later, the men unloaded everything at Lighthouse Baptist, which sustained only minor damage when Katrina struck Aug. 29. Pastor Randy and Terre Farwell have converted the church and parsonage into a relief station, providing needs not only for residents looking for help but also for arriving volunteer workers.
“Terre just cried when she saw everything, especially the refrigerator,” said Richards, who went to church with the Farwells as children and has kept in contact with them.
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