b'Photos courtesy of Western Carolina Rescue Ministries Citygate Network President/CEO Tom De Vries (at right) presents Micheal Woods, WCRM executive director, with a financial gift toward the missions recovery.We kept our eyes and prayers open for the needs that would arise and how God might address those needs through us. We also experienced unforeseen benefits fromMany people and organizations claim their taking corrective measures to improve drainagepolicies would work for them in a dire time, but on ministry property. The main campus of themost never get to find out. While we consider ministry sits against a small incline, with the firstourselves unfortunate to have an answer to this floor, including the kitchen and dining room,question, we are grateful for what that answer slightly below the ground level. Because of this,is and that we will withstand. water had leaked into the dining room from consistent rain earlier in September, causing theThe unraveling operations staff to reroute the water drainageN o one thinks about how to run a home-behind the building to prevent a more seriousless shelter without water. There is no situation in the future. If this early rain hadinterview question or handbook on not occurred and provided cause for action, itthe subject, but we had to become professionals is probable the entire first floor of the missionin a matter of hours. Most of our meetings were could have flooded during the hurricane.conducted outside, consistently interrupted by \x02 JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025 WWW.CITYGATENETWORK.ORG 21'