On Sunday, December 14, and Monday, December 15, Somebody Cares hosted a mini-retreat for front-line Ike relief workers at a hotel in Houston’s Galleria area. Bringing in pastors, ministry leaders, and workers from Galveston, Oak Island, Beaumont, Cleveland, Bridge City, and other areas, Somebody Cares offered two days of rest and refreshment, concluding with a [...]

FREDDIESVILLE TX: FLOODED BUT NOT FORGOTTEN “This hurricane was the best thing that ever happened to me,” says Delia from Freddiesville, a small neighborhood just north of the causeway leading into Galveston. That statement is more than a little surprising when you consider how Freddiesville was flooded with an 8-foot surge of saltwater from Galveston [...]

TRUE WITNESSES John never imagined he would be homeless and sleeping on the beaches of Galveston Island. Just a few years ago, he was a manager in a chemical plant just outside of Houston. A painful divorce led to illegal drug use, which then led to his arrest and the subsequent loss of his job. [...]