Another Human Interest Story Coming Out of the Bakken

Link to the Williston Herald (regional links break early, break often).

There really is no place like Williston and the Bakken region. Men are flocking here from all over the country, hungry for work and a better life. Many leave families behind, hoping to visit when they can, but others bring their families in tow.

When the economy went south, Isaac found his business slowing, and it grew harder to support his new wife and their young son, Caleb. Then they heard about Williston.

In February 2011, the young family packed into a minivan and made their way from Idaho to Williston. When they first got here, they struggled to find their feet.
The madness of the boomtown proved to be too much for Toni. She made plans to move back to Idaho with Caleb, leaving Isaac to be just another man apart from his family. But then, a miracle happened.

“We found this great old farmhouse outside of town,” Toni says. “We had been praying for something to happen for weeks. We give the credit to God.”

The photo at the linked article is worth a 1,000 words.