Church groups give key aid to Mississppi town
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PEARLINGTON, Miss. (AP) -- The sweat and donations from religious groups are bringing hope and new homes to many residents in this tiny community, still struggling two years after Hurricane Katrina left much of the Mississippi Gulf Coast in ruins.
Adolph Harris, who watched his house get washed away while he clung to a nearby tree as the storm roared ashore, will move this month into a new home built with money and volunteers from a Kempton, Ind.-based Christian organization.
Standing outside his new home, one of 35 new homes built by the International Disaster Emergency Service, Harris said he often thinks about the miracle of his survival.
"I was up the tree from 8:30 that morning until about 7:30 that afternoon,"[continued at Rocky Mountain News]
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