比较分析:请教下面这段话的翻译?谢谢!

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Our Illinois town was in bad shape in 1980 when my aunt Hattie came to spend the summer with my wife and me. Three years of drought spelled disaster for our farming community. Families had moved away, literally to greener pastures. Dwindling resources and the town's depressed mood had taken a toll on our church too. Members bickered with one another. Some stopped attending services altogether. “God will send us a miracle,” our minister promised, but it seemed like a losing battle.
请不要用机器翻译,见谅。我会给答的好的答案追加积分的。放心。