Sharon's Story

In August of 2017, Hurricane Harvey devastated the Southeast of the U.S. causing almost 200 billion dollars in damage. Grace Polaris Church in Columbus partnered with Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Ministries to send a team of 12 to Vidor, Texas. Among the 12 were our very own Ben and Mr. Stoll, who felt God calling them to help. One week in November was selected to make the trip. We stayed in the First Baptist Church of Vidor for 5 nights, and to them, we are extremely grateful. Our team was given the task of gutting out houses that were affected by the hurricane.
     This is where we met Sharon. Sharon Dunigan, a long time resident of Vidor, Texas, was completely devastated to see her house destroyed by the storm. Her husband passed away back in 2015 and has been living alone since then. Her husband was a hoarder and every belonging on the ground floor had to be thrown away. The entire first floor had 3 feet of mold growing and everything had to be ripped out from the drywall to the flooring. In the three days that we were with Sharon, we saw her begin to open up as she felt her burden being lifted off.

In my interview with Sharon, I got to hear her rescue story and how her faith in Jesus has been strengthened through this experience. Check out the video posted above to hear her story.

~Ben Stoll