"I'd like to ask for some prayers. I live in South Arlington in a neighborhood that was hit by last weeks tornadoes. I was very lucky that my house was not destroyed. I'll get a new roof and all of my fences need to be replaced as they were destroyed, but starting just three houses down there is some devastating destruction. Some houses just have broken windows and holes in the roof, but many are almost completely gone. A few there is just a few bricks left, lots everything from the brick line up is gone.
The hardest part for my family is that our church (just two streets over) St. Barnabas UMC was hit very hard. There was a ton of damage. Our family life center and education wing were almost completely destroyed. The roof is gone off both I think every window in the entire church is gone. ...The Lord had his hand over everyone there as there were no injuries. My two year old daughter was at the church in the preschool, and she physically is ok, but is still emotionally stressed. She about freaked out when we walked to the church Thursday afternoon to look around, and then when a very small storm blew in yesterday she got really scared when she heard the thunder.
Please keep the folks all over the Metroplex and all of our church in your prayers. As a sign a friend put up at the church reads "Our building is down, but the church is still standing. Happy Easter." We will rebuild and we will be ok, but we sure can use the prayers. "
Please visit the UMCOR response page and see how you can help in the recovery.
No comments:
Post a Comment