The chickens were bigger this time. As Chaplain Ken, an ACA chaplain volunteer with Emerge, pulled into the driveway during his second visit to Brantley County Georgia, their pen was one of the first things he noticed. He was returning to visit a military veteran who had lost nearly everything in the fires except her chickens and parakeets. Seeing them again was a small but meaningful reminder that life continues to grow and move forward, even after devastating loss. She met