Bastrop Pastor and Wife Get Brand-New Home After Wildfire Destroyed Their Church and Home

It's a new beginning for a Bastrop pastor and his wife after their home and church were destroyed in the devastating wildfires last September.

A Bryan church and a congregation from New Hampshire joined forces to build the Vega Family a brand-new home in just a week.

It's a labor for the Lord in Bastrop and it's all for Pastor Mike Vega, his wife Debbie and their congregation at Word of Life Community Church on Highway 21.

He's been doing ministry here for 24 years.

"My church, my home and my daughter's house, daughter used to live right on the church property church homes. We lost three settings here," said Pastor Mike Vega.

The Bastrop Wildfire in September of last year destroyed more than 1,500 homes but left some things like the church's outdoor worship area untouched.

"The fire just went around it as you can see even the trees there we see the fire, the trees have a little bit of burning," said Mike Vega.

After the burning has now come a building blitz and New Englanders talking Texan!

"Yee doggies!" said two of the team members from New Hampshire.

34 people from the Rockingham Church in New Hampshire partnered with First United Methodist Church in Bryan to bless the Vega Family with a brand-new 1,800 square foot home in just a week.

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Bastrop Pastor and Wife Get Brand-New Home After Wildfire Destroyed Their Church and Home