'Blessings Come In' As Churches Take In Refugee Congregations After The Camp Fire

Tens of thousands of refugees from the Camp Fire will be spending Christmas with friends and family next week, many of them in Chico, Calif. The city has become a safe haven, not just for those burned-out individuals, but for several religious congregations, too.

In the last month, First Assembly Paradise and its sister in Chico, First Assembly, have blended together. Leaders of both churches run the services, including youth pastor Kyle Smith of Paradise and his family. They are currently living in a 26-foot trailer outside his brother-in-law's house in Chico.

"We just didn't know where our help was going to come from. But when I opened up my eyes the next day, all the phone calls we received, the funds that came through, the blessings that came in, I saw rivers in a desert place," Smith said, referencing the Book of Isaiah.