The Spiritual First Responders of Hunt, Texas

In the early-morning hours of July 4, the Reverend Bill Harris, pastor of Hunt United Methodist Church, got a knock at his door. A volunteer firefighter told him he had to open up the sanctuary—helicopters were pulling people out of trees, and they needed somewhere to go. An older couple had just been brought to the church in a pickup truck. The woman, who appeared to be near eighty years old, was barefoot, and the ground was covered in gravel that had been washed down the hill by the floodwater. She took three steps from the truck before she started to cry, “The rocks are killing my feet.” Another woman, who had been evacuated from her home, stepped forward and pulled off her sandals. “She…

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