WAYNESVILLE, N.C. — It’s been years since Amy Morgan has lived on Liner Street in Waynesville, but walking in front of her parents' property of nearly 50 years brings back many memories.

“When we were little, we used to play ball right here in the circle,” Morgan said. “Mailboxes would be the base, you know?”

Those humble beginnings took her to big places. She became a nurse and worked in the homes of her patients, including two notable North Carolinians.

“I was Ruth and Billy Graham's nurse, and I worked in their home for many years,” Morgan said.

But when the floodwaters of Hurricane Helene ravaged her parents’ neighborhood, even Morgan said her faith was tested.

“I knew the house was bad,” she said. “And then when I got down here and saw the devastation, I didn't know what we were going to do.”

Her parents, Benny and Keva Messner, say they had never seen the water rise as it did during Helene, forcing them to evacuate.

“I noticed the water was coming down our street and I said, honey, I think the water got in the house,” said Benny Messner. “And she said, I don't know what we'll do.”

The Messners had flood insurance, but they say their insurance company told them to wait for an adjuster to come out before starting any work on the house.

By then, Morgan says, the damage was done.

“The mold had took over all the way up,” Morgan said. “It was a total loss.”

It destroyed almost everything they owned.

“There were two things that got saved in the house,” Morgan said. “My dad was a deacon and that certificate. And a picture of Billy Graham and my son that I adopted. The picture frame was bad, but the picture was fine.”

It left Morgan with an unbelievable task, to tell her senior parents that without a miracle, they had no option but to foreclose.

“I knew it didn't matter how much money they got from the insurance company,” Morgan said. “I knew we couldn't do it at their age, starting over. I just knew it. And so my faith was tested.”“I knew it didn't matter how much money they got from the insurance company,” Morgan said. “I knew we couldn't do it at their age, starting over. I just knew it. And so my faith was tested.”

But through it all, Morgan says her father’s faith stood steady.

“I sort of felt like Job when he lost everything,” Messner said. “But I told her, I said, God will make a way.”

The next day, their prayers were answered, with a call from Franklin Graham.

“He said, we're building back,” Morgan said. “And I slept that night fully for the first time.”

With the help of a team of volunteers from Samaritan’s Purse, the Messners' home was cleared out and demolished. Now nearly six months since the storm, the frame of their new handicapped-accessible home is finally rising.

It’s the first of many planned home builds for the organization.

It has given Morgan and her parents new hope for their next chapter.

“I get to come back home after 47 years to live here,” Keva Messner said.

The crew helps them put their lives back together, one Bible verse and one nail at a time.

“I'm thankful for every Graham, every Samaritan's Purse worker,” Morgan said. “And I thank the Lord that uses their ministry across the world. But for it to come back to my family, it's overwhelming.”

Samaritan’s Purse says so far they have helped more than 7,000 families in western North Carolina repair their homes and property.

Those with the organization say they have approved homes for repairs that need everything — drywall, ceiling and roof patches, tree removals and even help rebuilding washed-out driveways.

Samaritan’s Purse encourages anyone with damage from Helene to apply for help through the organization.

“I would recommend that everybody apply,” said Jeff Miro with Samaritan’s Purse. “You just never know. We really shouldn't limit the Lord. You know what he can do? His plans are big, and we should not try to make it small.”