Jon Hurdle has been reporting for Reuters from Philadelphia since 2004. A native of England, he has been a print journalist for 25 years. In the following story slugged WITNESS-USA/KATRINA and headlined "WITNESS-'Hurricane Katrina was big, but God is bigger'" he recounts his experiences as a volunteer helping to rebuild after the damage wrought by Hurricane Katrina 2-1/2 years ago.

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