....if you want to get a different view of your life, try living through an EF-5 tornado. Even the fringe areas, where we are, become extremely scary, but...take a drive. Your grocery store is gone. Your doctor's office is gone, Your church is partially, by all means not all the way, gone. Even though the major damage didn't hit us, we were still close enough that it could have. Just about 4 blocks away from where some of the major damage happened. Too close for comfort. The hospital where we have gone for surgeries, etc is destroyed and will have to be rebuilt. The high school is a total loss and we don't have any kids in school there, or grandkids, but it still is an awesome sight to see a building that has become an icon of the city in shreds.
...if you want to get a different view of your life, try driving to your home and you can't identify your street--the houses and signs that are your "markers" are gone.
The list is long, much is gone...but there are many miraculous stories. God is Good.
To date, 30 May 11, we have received over 900 blankets. Over 200 of those went to children who attended the memorial at Missouri Southern. We have only 81 left, but it's my understanding that we still should be receiving another 8 to 900. AMAZING!!!
