[BONUS] Good Samaritans Give Help To Communities Devastated By Hurricane Ian
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🗓️ 6 December 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
In the hours before September 28th, 2022, as Hurricane Ian roared toward the Florida coast, no one knew the level of devastation that would occur in its wake. With 147 deaths, multiple homes and buildings decimated, and over 60,000 people displaced from their homes, volunteers from all over the world streamed into Florida communities to lend their help toward healing and rebuilding. We talk to two of those Good Samaritans who gave of their time and resources to offer refuge and hope after devastating loss.
Quotes
“God had been preparing me even before I knew He was preparing me.” - Rev. David Acton
“If you have a heart to share hope and a heart to love on others, God figures out the rest.” - Rev. David Acton
“A lot of times we just sit and we just cry and pray together because there are no answers sometimes.” - Rev. David Acton
“I knew right then I had to do something to help. I didn't know what that looked like. I just prayed that God would show me some guidance and what do I need to do? How can I help?” - Krista Kowalczyk
“In my everyday prayers, what I was saying is, ‘Okay, I'll do this while I'm waiting to hear what you want me to do.’ It took me a long time of helping people with their photographs to realize that I'm actually helping people more than I realized.” - Krista Kowalczyk
“I have really relied on prayer to get me through this time. It has been hard, just seeing so much devastation and so much loss. I've prayed every day that I have the strength to continue to help people.” - Krista Kowalczyk
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to a special bonus episode of the Jesus Calling podcast. |
| 0:08.4 | In the hours before September 28th, 2022, Hurricane Ian barrelled toward the Florida coast |
| 0:14.7 | and no one knew the level of devastation that would occur in its wake. |
| 0:19.2 | With 147 deaths, multiple homes and buildings decimated, and over 60,000 people displaced |
| 0:26.3 | from their homes, volunteers from all over the world streamed into Florida communities |
| 0:31.9 | to lend their help toward healing and rebuilding. |
| 0:35.5 | We talked to two of those good Samaritans who gave their time and resources to offer refuge |
| 0:40.1 | and hope after devastating loss. |
| 0:43.3 | First, we'll hear from Reverend David Acton. |
| 0:47.1 | My name is David Acton, married to Chanel. |
| 0:50.2 | We have four awesome kids that are grown and almost out of the house, born and raised |
| 0:55.6 | in Miami, Florida, went to seminary out in San Francisco and served overseas as missionary |
| 1:01.6 | church planters with the International Board for 24 years. |
| 1:05.4 | We've just returned to the States a few years ago with some really exciting challenges, |
| 1:10.8 | pretty much trying to lead a local church body here in Florida, like we did with our |
| 1:17.9 | church plans in Western Europe with a very missional mindset and missional focus, and it's |
| 1:23.8 | been quite a ride, whatever we're doing is about sharing the hope of Jesus Christ. |
| 1:32.1 | God had been preparing me even before I knew He was preparing me. |
| 1:36.2 | Growing up in Miami, obviously we know hurricanes, that's nothing new, and we've had some big |
| 1:40.8 | ones. |
| 1:41.8 | But even when we first returned to the States a few years ago, I was serving as a missions |
| 1:45.5 | pastor in Miami at a church called Christ Fellowship when Hurricane Irma hit. |
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