out or even make it to our kids. reporter: with the governor declaring a state of emergency in the area. you have to go over these huge cracks and crevasses in the road. reporter: april rodriguez had left the shake zone. she returned for the first time to piece together her life. it will never feel the same again. i don t know if any of us will ever feel safe here again. reporter: with the large tremors cutting power to thousands, sparking fires and buckling some homes, many are now rebuilding what they can. the big worry here is infrastructure, while cracks like these can be repaired in a few days, it s what engineers don t see that worries them most. reporter: at the fore square church, the foundation is too damaged to hold sunday services. it s just a building, you know, the real church is the people. reporter: in the church parking lot, a sermon in giving, free food and water for those in need. anytime that we can, you know, go through a 7.1 earthquake, and not re