Eight Days of Hope helping with Zeta relief in south Mississippi

Volunteers with Eight Days of Hope are now in Bay St.

Louis to help with Hurricane Zeta recovery.

The eight days of hope team helped with relief in bay st.

Louis mississippi was right after hurricane katrina.

Now just 15 years later they are back there today helping families get back to normal following hurricane zeta.

And served them."

"one of the things that we noticed is probably 99 percent of the home had roof damage."

In 2020 alone the eight days of hope staff and volunteers deployed to nine natural disasters across the country.

"with the pandemic we're in its been a little different even for us with deploying during the pandemic."

The relief agency helped over 11 hundred families.

"they're just depressed right now and sad and we are able to bring joy to them and bring hope to them and it really is because what jesus did for us and his love for us."

The eight days of hope team helped relieve familes in north carolina, iowa, louisianna, and now south mississippi.

"the frown that they have sometimes goes to a smile.

They're able to look at their house and rejoice that someone actually came in and served them."

The eight days of hope team plans to be in bay st.

Louis until nov.

14 however ceo steve tybor tells me it could be longer based upon need.

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