Friday, December 18, 2015

Welcome Home Brazziel Family

Four Christmases have passed since the April 11 tornadoes and the last time the Brazziels celebrated Christmas at their family home in Pratt City. Ms. Brazziel and her 3 children have been living in temporary housing since their house was destroyed during the April 2011 tornadoes.

Partnering with the Alabama Rural Coalition for the Homeless, generous private donations, and hundreds of hours of volunteer work, we were able to build the Brazziels a new home on their former lot and move them in on Saturday, December 12. The Brazziels will be home for Christmas this year!

Volunteers joined together furnish and decorate the home taking it from bare walls and floors to a fully furnished home in 4 short hours. At Noon the Brazziels and their pastor, Bishop Bailey, arrived for the big reveal.

Ms. Brazziel gives all the glory to the Lord for taking care of her and her family and providing not only a house for her family but one where so many people have come together to make it a beautiful home.

Click here to see the House Tour and the Volunteers who made it beautiful.

CSM staff member Aaron Parsons presents the home
to Ms. Brazziel as Bishop Bailey looks on
Ms. Brazziel with her daughter and son
Ms. Brazziel and her family see the home furnished for the first time.
Volunteers who decorated the home pray over Ms. Brazziel and her family.