Our Impact

Your group came and helped us out so much yesterday in Mandeville, Louisiana and came back today to help my neighbor with his situation. You guys are truly doing the Lord’s work, can’t thank you enough. God bless you all.

– Mindy, Northshore, Louisiana

Thank you, Eight Days of Hope, for bringing Waverly helping hands, prayerful blessings and so much hope! You helped move us on the long road of recovery. Please visit us again in a few months under happier circumstances!

– Margaret, Waverly, Tennessee

Eight Days of Hope is awesome. They are beautiful people helping so many in need. I am from Jennings, LA, and they stayed at Our Saviors church in Jennings for the hurricanes last year and can’t say enough about how amazing they are. We love you Eight Days of Hope, and we love all the awesome people that need help. May you all have a blessed day! There is light at the end of the tunnel!

– Annette, Jennings, Louisiana

It was the longest drive back home. As I was driving into Lake Charles, you could just see the devastation. It looked like match sticks, like bombs had just went off. The damage was everywhere. My heart sank. Everything was twisted and fallen. I think I was in shock. Eight Days of Hope came to my door and called me by my name. The volunteers that came to serve me were the most incredible people I have ever met. Without them, I hate to use the word hopeless, but it seemed pretty close to that. Eight days ago, I didn’t have hope. Today, I can finally breathe. Thank you so much.

– Marcy, Lake Charles, Louisiana

How do I thank you all for taking me from a place of deep, dark despair to a feeling of indefinable hope and feeling loved and cared about? I have been thanking Our Lord mightily for sending you all my way and I know He understands my heart better than I can express. … I have been Blessed beyond any measure I could ever have imagined. With eyes closed, I can still hear the laughter of children working in my mess of a yard with utter selflessness and complete devotion to the true teachings of Jesus Christ. My 4-feet-of-Harvey-water house is turning into a home again thanks to the many, many hours of hard work so joyfully granted. Thank you.

– Tracy, Houston, Texas

We called Eight Days of Hope, and they came with volunteers. Eight Days of Hope Rapid Response is doing what we can’t do. This is the body of Christ working together at its best.

– Pastor Steve, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

I kind of just put my faith into EDOH. Its almost like your own personal army. All of these angels have descended upon us, and I feel relaxed and safe. And that’s an awesome feeling to have. They are taking care of us. When you see the faith of others, it's contagious. It fills your heart. It fills your soul. They’ve been a blessing to people in many ways other than just fixing their homes. They are probably impacting people in ways that they’ll never realize.

– Howard and Rhea, Houston, Texas

Words cannot express how you feel when your home is devastated, and people come in to help you. Words cannot express it. I had no hope three days ago. I didn’t know what to do and where to go and how to fix things. And then these volunteers came. And talk about hope. Now there’s hope: hope for the future, that this home can be restored, that I can live here again. I didn’t have that hope a few days ago.

– Nancy, Pollocksville, North Carolina

I thank God for every one of you, and I pray God would give you strength to do for others what you have done for me.

– Flora Mae, Panama City, Florida