Stepstones personnel made a day trip through Newton, Texas, Merryville, Louisiana and Lake Charles, Louisiana on Tuesday September 1st. As we visited with our contacts, it was obvious that needs were abundant in all these areas, as well as many more we passed. As the day unfolded, it became clear we were to settle in Newton. There were no groups in Newton at the time of our visit and by the time we arrived on Saturday September 5th a few groups were at work. We were given access to the recently vacated parsonage of FBC Newton where teams slept, ate meals, shared life, engaged in spiritual conversations and gained much needed rest. We partnered with the Newton/Jasper County Long Term Recovery Group based out of the County Extension Office. This group gathered work request applications and passed them on to us. During the 15 days we were in Newton we were able to assist 32 families in some type of recovery effort from placing a tarp on their roof, cutting trees off of and around their house to partially rebuilding a roof. The response from individuals, couples, Sunday School Classes and Churches to supply needs was amazing. There were 34 people who came to help in the recovery effort. A cook team of 17, comprised of two churches in Broaddus, kept us very well supplied with food. There were 24 entities who provided necessary resources from snacks, to chain saws, to monetary contributions and other necessary supplies. There were 14 churches that participated with us in this disaster response and for this we are grateful. In the days to come numerous stories will be shared of people we met and served during our time in Newton.