2006 Miracle Yearbook

pr Katrina Relief Hurricane Katrina hit land in late August, and Hurricane Rita hit shortly thereafter towards the end of September. On September 16th, Cedarville students gave over $74,000 toward Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, and shortly thereafter, plans were made to send over 600 students down to Mississippi and Louisiana during the fall, winter, and spring breaks. "When I went down to Pass Christian, Mississippi during fall break, I knew that the Lord was going to use me in ways that I had never dreamed. The residents of this town couldn't believe that students would use their break from school to help people hundreds of miles away," shared Jessica Grewe. Students worked hard during their fall, winter, and spring breaks. Houses were gutted and cleaned, yards were cleared, schools were given a helping hand, and lives were touched. Cedarville students were able to share their faith to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Jonathan Lett, who went down south during fall break, said,"We were the ones sent to act as a blessing to the victims, but the people really ministered to us. It was incredible to see God at work in so many obvious ways in Mississippi." Junior Rebecca Phillips went to New Orleans during Spring Break and said, "God showed me that as long as I was willing to be used by Him, He could use me to minister to others. It was really neat to see how much God accomplished through us over the course of a week." IF Many students were able to meet the people whose homes and businesses they were rebuliding. Senior Julianne Null was one such student who will carry this memory with her long past the limits of her time at Cedarville. Joel Green, Danielle Goodling, Jennifer Flynn, and Tim DeKonick settle down to a boxed lunch of burgers and baked beans after a long morning filled with demo and construction projects. Helping out the victims in the South gave the Cedarville volunteers a great feeling. Many of us will never forget the impact that this experience has had on our lives. Jenny Boulet summed it up when she said, "It was very hard emotionally for all of us in the group, knowing three days later we were going back to our blessed life, leaving behind men, women, and children created in God's image who are desperate and have nothing." ...Donning a face mask to keep from breathing in hazardous fumes and bacteria from the mold that was growing in many homes, a student pries away an extra nail during a demolition project. ‘1:s„f*NtititiL Piks,Ministries