The Lighthouse That Never Lost Power
On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico with 155-mile-per-hour winds. The entire island lost electricity. Hospitals went dark. Cell towers crumpled like...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9.
On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico with 155-mile-per-hour winds. The entire island lost electricity. Hospitals went dark. Cell towers crumpled like paper. For months, 3. 4 million people lived without power, and the landscape looked like a war zone — concrete walls sheared off buildings, mountains stripped bare of green. But in the coastal town of Fajardo, something quiet and remarkable happened.…
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