Volunteers help feed, shelter Kinston flood victims
>>> FLOODWATERS ARE SLOWLY
BEGINNING TO HAVE, BUT BRIDGES
ARE STILL CLOSE.
SEVERAL HIGHWAYS IN THE AREA
SHUT DOWN INCLUDING US 70.
MANY HOMES REMAIN SURROUNDED BY
WATER.
>>REPORTER: SPRING HILL STREET
WON'T LET LEAVE YOU BE --
BESIDE STILLWATER.
THE WATERS THAT ARE STILL ARE
STAGNANT, LEAVING A HIGH SCHOOL
GYM EIGHT DAYS AND COUNTING.
>> ARE YOU GETTING TIRED?
>> YES.
I AM TOO OLD FOR THIS.
SHE IS 68 AND WALKS WITH A
CANE.
SHE LEFT HER HOME WITH JUST A
CLOSE ON HER BACK, BUT CLOSE ON
HER NOW COURTESY OF THE RED
CROSS.
>> IF IT WASN'T FOR THE
DONATIONS --
>> WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANYTHING.
>>REPORTER: THE BIBLE, THAT TOO
WAS DONATED.
FOR THOSE BEDDING DOWN AT THE
SHELTER NOURISHMENT COMES IN
THE FORM OF THREE MEALS PER
DAY.
THIS IS HOW THEY ARE FAT,
BAPTIST ON A MISSION.
VOLUNTEERS COOKING VEGETABLES
AND MEATS EVERY DAY, MEALS TO
FEED THE MULTITUDE.
BECKY GALLOWAY CAME FROM
ANDREWS, NORTH CAROLINA, 450
MILES AWAY, DRIVEN BY LOVE.
>> YOU GET SUCH A BLESSING YOU
WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT.
IT WASHES OVER YOU AND GIVES
YOU PEACE.>> IN LIKE A CRAZY,
BUT WE ARE PEACEFUL INSIDE.
>>REPORTER: IT DOES GET CRAZY
SERVING UP 3800 MEALS A DAY FOR
FIRST RESPONDERS AND FLOODED
VICTIMS, BUT YOU SINCE THE
INNER PEACE EVERYWHERE.
MS. JONES HAS A COMIC EVEN IF
HER REFUGE IS A COTTON IN THE
GYM.
>> I HAVE GOTTEN MY HEART AND I
FEEL LIKE HE WILL CARRY US
THROUGH.
>>REPORTER: FOR HER THAT IF
LIVING WATER, WHEN WATERS ALL
AROUND YOU ARE RAGING.
>> TO SHELTERS REMAIN OPEN IN
THE KINGSTON AREA.
ENGINEERS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
CHECKING TO SEE A BRIDGES ARE
STRUCTURALLY SOUND, BUT IT
COULD STILL BE SEVERAL MORE
DAYS BEFORE THEY REOPEN.