We Are Fine

A huge mile-wide tornado blew through our town the other day. We are fine. Our house is fine. All we lost was power for a few days and the contents of our refrigerator. A far cry from the loss that others in our midst are experiencing. We are counting our blessings, and appreciate so many you who have contacted us to see if we are okay.

We woke up early the morning of April 27 to tornado sirens. Danny looked at weather reports on his phone and decided we didn't need to take cover. We lost our power and later found out there were a lot of trees down in our neighborhood, and a lot of damage done to areas around town that we frequent. Our power never came back on and we knew there was the potential for really, really bad weather that evening, so Danny went out and bought a weather radio. It's a good thing we had it because we would not have been very informed on what the day would later hold.

That afternoon, we huddled downstairs in our basement. The kids did remarkably well for being in a dark house all day, and then being confined in our tiny storage room.



At one point, they predicted the tornado would come toward our side of town, but it didn't. It followed I-20 and ended up hitting and destroying much of the north side of town. I cannot even fathom a mile-wide tornado (even though I have seen pictures and video of it), but it is heartbreaking to watch the news and see the devastation it caused. This morning, Danny went and a group from church to help with cleanup. Our state and city have a long, long way to go. Please pray for the many people who have been affected by these storms. It is heartbreaking to see so many people who have lost so much.