This past weekend I had the opportunity to travel back to California to do another story on the recent fires. Once again we visited the destroyed Coffey Park neighborhood in Santa Rosa, then drove a couple hours north to the small community of Loma Rica, where homes had also burned. We were in California to accompany Elder Ronald A. Rasband and Sister Joy D. Jones, both from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was inspiring to watch these two individuals minister to those effected by the recent fires. They have very caring hearts as you will see in this video. You can read the print story at mormonnewsroom.org.

Tim and Jenny Sjoden had their home destroyed in the fire. After EPA workers removed propane tanks and other dangerous items from their property they were able to return and "sift" through ashes in search of surviving objects.

I still found it humbling to walk through this neighborhood a second time. One person on our team said he felt a "reverence" there.