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Extreme Makeover Home Edition:
Beginning on March 23, 2006, ABC
featured a four-week special episode series, “Extreme Makeover:
Home Edition – After the Storm”. The
series featured the rebuilding (in
part) of communities destroyed by
Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma.
Emmaus (New Testament):
The author of Luke places the story
on the evening of the day of Jesus’
resurrection. The two disciples have
heard the tomb of Jesus was found
empty earlier that day. They are
discussing the events of the past
few days when a stranger asks them
what they are discussing. “Their eyes
were kept from recognizing him.” He
soon rebukes them for their unbelief and gives them a Bible study
on prophecies about the Messiah.
On reaching Emmaus, they ask the
stranger to join them for the evening
meal. When he breaks the bread
“their eyes were opened” and they
recognize him as the resurrected
Jesus. Jesus immediately vanishes.
Cleopas and his friend then hasten
back to Jerusalem to carry the news
to the other disciples, and arrive in
time to proclaim to the eleven who
were gathered together with others
that Jesus truly is alive. While describing the events, Jesus appeared
again to all who were there, giving
them a commission to evangelize.
Then he took them out as far as
Bethany and blessed them before
ascending back into heaven.