Christy Butler is the director of the children’s ministry at First Baptist Church of Denton. For two weeks, she planned activities for the 30 or so children who were evacuated from New Orleans. During her solitary drive home at the end of the day, she often found herself in tears. “These babies have been through so much,” she recalls thinking, her eyes misting again.






All photographs copyright © Joseph Rodriguez; text by Patrice Pascual