Pastor Jeremiah Saunders stands among the ruins of his church that was destroyed by Hurricane Dorian in High Rock, Grand Bahama, Bahamas, on Sept. 11. The book of Jeremiah reads, “I spoke to the water: ‘Peace, be still.’ It never listened,” Pastor Saunders said with a wide smile and then grew serious as he focused on the task that tens of thousands of Bahamians now face on two islands devastated by the Category 5 storm: The cleanup.
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Resilience after the hurricane
The president of the historically African-American Progressive National Baptist Convention traveled to the Bahamas island of Grand Bahama on Sept. 11 to assess the damage from Hurricane Dorian and came away with stories of damage and determination.
