One in a ten-part series showcasing the volunteerism, community and resilience surrounding those evacuated due to the wildfires engulfing parts of the B.C. Interior.

As they wonder what91裸聊视频檚 lost and what will remain after the wildfires are tamed, one evacuee in Penticton has found solace through faith in her community.

100 Mile House evacuee Rebecca Johnson said she91裸聊视频檚 confident that when the community moves back into the area, whatever is lost will be rebuilt.

Johnson is one of 132 evacuees from various fires are making Penticton their temporary home after the regional district opened up its emergency social services centre last weekend.

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Opening up the doors to the Penticton Community Centre gymnasium was the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen91裸聊视频檚 answer to a call for more beds after Williams Lake was ordered evacuated on Saturday. Now the city has set up around 400 cots, which line the concourse in the South Okanagan Events Centre.

That91裸聊视频檚 on top of dozens of beds open to housing evacuees in various motels and hotels 91裸聊视频� wherever rooms are available 91裸聊视频� throughout the city.

But Johnson has been in the city for over a week. She and her husband left 100 Mile House on July 7, after seeing a report that the B.C. Wildfire Service was seeing fires coming in faster than they could report them.

91裸聊视频淢y husband had injured himself and couldn91裸聊视频檛 walk and 91裸聊视频� and I91裸聊视频檓 disabled, so I thought it was probably wise just to get out of Dodge,91裸聊视频� Johnson said, adding that they took nothing because of her disability and his injury.

91裸聊视频淚t felt like we were abandoning our community; that was probably the hardest thing. But we weren91裸聊视频檛 much help there in the condition we were in. So, that was the hardest thing was to leave the community before it had actually been evacuated,91裸聊视频� she said.

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100 Mile was evacuated within a day or two of their departure, and Johnson said she91裸聊视频檚 still in the dark about who has and who hasn91裸聊视频檛 been affected by the blaze near 100 Mile House, referred to the Gustafsen wildfire.

But that91裸聊视频檚 likely for the best, Johnson added. Keep energy on fighting the fires and tally up the losses in the end, she suggested.

91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e people of faith, so we trust God, and we trust that, though it seems overwhelming, that everyone 91裸聊视频� the firefighters, the pilots, the volunteers 91裸聊视频� we trust that they are absolutely doing their very best for us. So, we91裸聊视频檙e really, really blessed and grateful,91裸聊视频� she said, adding that a loss of a house in the community is a loss for everyone.

91裸聊视频淪omeone [who] taught your kids, or it91裸聊视频檚 your best friend91裸聊视频檚 cousin or, you know. It91裸聊视频檚 a small community. But we91裸聊视频檙e 100 Mile strong and we91裸聊视频檒l support those that have lost what they91裸聊视频檝e lost and we91裸聊视频檒l pull together, I have no doubt.91裸聊视频�

But the sense of community for evacuees doesn91裸聊视频檛 just stop at their physical community 91裸聊视频� in line for hours at the Kamloops evacuation centre, Johnson said she saw community and support form among strangers.

91裸聊视频淵ou just look at them and they know and you know, and not a lot has to be explained. They91裸聊视频檙e all in the same place. Life91裸聊视频檚 turned upside down very quickly and they91裸聊视频檙e worried for their neighbours and themselves and their community,91裸聊视频� she said.

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She considered one evacuee in particular whom she and her husband met during their lengthy wait in Kamloops, who had been feeling weary from chemotherapy.

Johnson said she was a few hundred ahead of that man in the queue, but when she and her husband made note of the man91裸聊视频檚 situation to local staff, he was expedited through the queue.

91裸聊视频淢ost people are, even suffering like that, are waiting quietly for their turn, and it may be the next day or the day after,91裸聊视频� Johnson said. 91裸聊视频淲hen you91裸聊视频檙e sick and stuff, the process needs to be speeded up.91裸聊视频�

There91裸聊视频檚 no lack of gratitude for the work being done in Kamloops, where thousands of evacuees have flocked from the Thompson-Nicola and Cariboo regions.

91裸聊视频淭he volunteers were working their heinies off. Just really comforting, really encouraging. They were a really soft place to land; all the volunteers were doing an amazing job,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淲e were really grateful.91裸聊视频�

Johnson said she came down to Penticton, knowing it was likely to be a long time before they would be able to go back home. Johnson said she has family in the area of Penticton, where she and her husband came early last week.

With any luck, Johnson91裸聊视频檚 stay in Penticton may not last 91裸聊视频� Monday evening, Cariboo Regional District and 100 Mile authorities said they are reviewing the evacuation order for the area.

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For now, Johnson said there91裸聊视频檚 little information out there as to what has actually been lost and what remains in the community.

91裸聊视频淩ight now, we just need to take it one day at a time and get through, and they91裸聊视频檙e busy,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淭hey91裸聊视频檒l give accurate information about what91裸聊视频檚 been lost when they can, and we have to trust that, too. They are doing their very best.91裸聊视频�