God’s Pit Crew volunteers and staff are scheduled to reveal a new home on Thursday for an Eastern Kentucky family who have been displaced since the disastrous flooding last July.  The historic flooding last summer swept through 14 counties, killing 45 people and displacing thousands more.

God’s Pit Crew spent several weeks in Eastern Kentucky last August after devastating floods destroyed multiple communities in the area.  The Immediate Disaster Response Team cleared debris, mucked out and dried homes, removed trees, and hand-delivered Blessing Buckets and other emergency supplies to those in need.

The organization recently rebuilt a home for a displaced family in Letcher, Kentucky, making it possible for that family to move back home this past April, and placed a modular home in nearby Perry County, Kentucky, prior to that.

During the catastrophic event last summer, the Fields family watched as their home was washed off its foundation and carried over a nearby hill, finally lodging between the riverbanks as flood waters continued to rush around and through it.  The devastated home remained in shambles for months – hanging over the river that flanked the highway where it once stood – as the region worked to safely clean up all debris spread throughout the region.

“The people in this area were so devastatingly impacted by the catastrophic flood waters,” said Randy Johnson, president of God’s Pit Crew.  “We are so grateful to be able to finally present the Fields family with a new home that they can hopefully find peace in after experiencing such turmoil – they have waited nearly a year for this.Thank you to all who support God’s Pit Crew and make projects like this possible.”