We all watched in horror as Hurricane Katrina stormed ashore in New Orleans. But were you moved enough to do something about it? One Cape Coral couple can say yes to that question. After seeing the hurricane ravaged Louisiana coast, the couple gave up their lives to help people they've never met.

The devastation Mary Mueller talks about when she refers to Hurricane Katrina is not from New Orleans when the storm hit 3 years ago, "It was amazing, amazing." But of New Orleans and Saint Bernard Parish today.

It's the very reason John and Mary Mueller, who who lived in Cape Coral for 21 years, gave up everything they had to do something about it, "We had a 2200 square foot house with a pool...We just had the American life I guess."

The couple was featured in USA Today as one of many long-term volunteers who moved to Louisiana to help victims of Katrina one home at at time.

Mary says they've been in Saint Bernard Parish for about a year, "We sold everything, we're now in a FEMA trailer that's 8 ft wide, and I don't know how many feet long."

John chimes in, "26.5! Feet!"

With his experience at skilled construction, John is hands on, building and training volunteers, "Many of our volunteers come with big hearts and few skill sets."

Mary does administrative work, both work for Brethren Disaster Ministries, an organization that provides labor for disaster-stricken areas around the world.

Their love for people came from their ministry. The couple co-pastored Christ the Servant Church in Cape Coral for 4 years. Rosemarie Gimlin saw them as more than just leaders of the church, "We started falling in love with John and Mary not only as pastors but as friends as well."

It was something else the Muellers had to leave behind.

But their desire to help came from an event that hit close to home. When Hurricane Charley hit, John saw thousands of people coming to help in Southwest Florida.

He made a promise, "If I could get the opportunity, I'll have to pay this back. And the next year Katrina came threw and gave us that opportunity."

And if it takes the rest of their lives, that's what John and Mary Mueller will do, "People will look at us and say isn't this a great sacrifice, and it doesn't feel like a sacrifice. That's because we feel fulfilled in what we're doing."

Statistics show, if volunteers can rebuild one house every day in Saint Bernard Parish, it will take 74 years to do the job. That's why the Muellers are asking for your help. They ask that you pick a week and join Brethren Disaster Ministries or any volunteer group to help rebuild. And they ask that you never forget New Orleans.

The Mueller's contract technically ends in 2009, but they hope to stay in Saint Bernard Parish for good.