wayne freeman, nbc 7. >>> there is a tiny bit of normalcy returning to middletown. schools are set to reopen on monday. the school district trying to set up bus service. contact the school's principal by e-mail. >>> evacuation orders will be lifted tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. for residents of anderson springs. officials say water services are not yet available. some roads remain closed. ♪ >>> thousands of catholics poured into the catholic university to watch pope francis make a spanish missionary a saint. junipero serra is credited with spreading christianity? california. >> ama is live in washington with the story. what a remarkable spectacle it must have been. >> reporter: it certainly was. i'm here at the shrine of the national about a stillry came. t the pope had a very busy first day. his first stop was a visit to the white house and ceremony hosted by president obama and the first lady. the president heaped praise on the holy father as more than 11,000 people crowded the south lawn. >> you remind us that the lord's most you powerful message is mercy. that means wel

. >> wayne freeman is live with the stories. wayne? >> dan, there's still a lot of damage here in middletown. take a look. this is just an apartment house or what remains of it. there's so much damage, 1200 homes destroyed there are places that they haven't touched or gone through the stuff yet. this is one of them. yet, as you said in middletown this is the day for symbolically getting off the mat. as middletown enters week three, it is more a goal than a reality. >> it's not real. it's painful. >> reporter: a constant state both in what remains of the suburbs and also along highway 29 which serves as main street. the post office is open and plenty of small businesses, but make no mistake -- >> it's baby steps. one baby step at a time. >> reporter: for rita coroni. >> just like macaroni. >> reporter: it's baby steps up a ladder to hang ornaments on the creel of her store. that's what she did with sandy today. in middletown, customers are also friends, neighbors, victims. >> we're a community of maybe 1500 here in this area and they're