A New Home for Virgie

In December of 2008 an East Tennessee mountain ministry launched an effort to help 84yearold Virgie Bowlin She was living in extreme squalor in a dilapidated home with no running water bath and only an outhouse with the door missing for a toilet Within three days of a newspaper article running about Virgies plight the ministry had raised more than 20000 in goods services and cash including a new singlewide mobile home The ministry director described Virgies living conditions as Appalachia at its worst and the communitys response as Appalachia at its best But Virgies happiness is jeopardized when an abusive grandson with a history of violence against Virgie is released from prison and moves in taking over Virgies new home