While helping with tornado relief in Tuscaloosa I met a man named Ricky. Ricky lives in a trailer park that was completely destroyed by the tornado. While several of Ricky’s neighbors were killed in the tornado, Ricky and his dog peanut were fortunate to survive.
Ricky has since moved back to the trailer park. Friends have helped him get a used trailer and mission workers including Mission Love Seeds have helped Ricky with cleanup and to improve his trailer.
Ricky is creative and good with his hands. He uses wire salvaged from tornado debris to make crosses.
Ricky begins making a cross
Wire wraps around the jig for the cross
Scrapped wire used to make the crosses
Finished cross
Finished crosses sit on a stump that serve as Ricky's workbench.
Before and after picture of Ricky's trailer park.
Special thanks to John and the Tuscaloosa Police Helicopter unit for the aerial flyover.
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Love your work Earl!
This is something I used to dream about doing is traveling the world taking photos like this.