Michael said this was the only mission lhe has been on but it was a defining moment in his life .It was the truth.  He was in Oklahoma for a week, helping the people rebuild about a year after the tornado  hit, he said. Much of the initial clean-up had already been done, he said. Using the 4-Way-Test, he asked first if it was fair that the people's homes were destroyed and lives were lost. He asked club members to hold up their hands if they thought it would be fair to lose a loved one or their home. "It's not fair to anyone," he said. And no one had raised their hands.

But, "is it fair that you helped?" he asked. As a volunteer, you would have to answer yes, he said. "It is our responsibility to help others."

Would it build better friendships and goodwill? He corresponds with a person he met in Kansas and made friends and met young people he would never have met any other way, he said. They stayed up until  2 a.m. hanging out with one another even though they knew they would have to get up at 6 a.m. to continue their work helping out. They also saw the biggest fire works he had ever seen for the Fourth of July, he said. When the homeowners they were helping saw their clean-up work,  their faces lit up, he said. One homeowner's wife offered to go to the store and get them water, he said, though they had some already. "Things could be worse," Michael said, " though you can always find hope in the midst of a storm." Everybody benefits and you see others in a whole new light, he said.