. >> reporter: st anthony's parishioner tilden perez, jr. says he still trusts god, even though he and his entire family have been devastated financially. perez says his life, past, present and future, is tied to the bayou. >> i'm born and raised here. my people build boats all their lives. my people come from canary islands in spain, which you know, is how we got here in the first place. because it's spanish boats that brought the people here in the first place. >> reporter: perez is a commercial fisherman, but he hasn't been able to get work since the oil spill. >> on a regular day, none of these boats would be here. most everybody'd be working. i'd love to be in the bayou. i want to be in the bayou and i can't be in the bayou. >> reporter: he takes solace in prayer and worship music. he played us a song he says god put in his heart. ♪ ♪ sweet savior of mine even as people here try to hold on to hope, worries about the future seem almost overwhelming. in addition to the economic worries, there are concerns about the long-term environmental