Tornado Cleanup

Last Sunday our church got together and helped with some of the tornado cleanup.  We had 3 groups actually 1- childcare at the church 2- cleanup crews 3- teams that went door to door seeing how the families were holding up.

It was very eye opening.  David and I were on the team going door to door bc at this point in the pregnancy he banned me from manual labor (although I thought that may bring this baby on) and we thought we better stay together in case all the walking did cause something to happen (which it didn't besides a sore back and feet).  So we walked and talked to the families seeing if they had any needs outstanding, checking on how they were doing emotionally, and letting them know where to go if they needed food, supplies, etc.  In the area we were at- the houses received minimal damage and they were spared, so actually everyone we talked to just seemed SO GRATEFUL!  Only 2 blocks south of the area we were assigned had complete devastation though.  We met a family who had to move out of there other house bc it was destroyed, but they were thankful to already be in a new house and they had found shelter during the storm so everyone was safe.  The dad was actually working on his car which was damaged.....as in it was missing 2 doors!  Wowza! 

But all in all it was a wonderful experience talking to these people as the crews of cleanup were right there with us getting all the debris in piles and sweeping the streets, sidewalks and driveways!  From what I have heard- even though there was a lot of damage, not one was killed!  What a blessing!  Please pray for these people- the ones who lost everything and that we as a community will continue to help with their needs so they can start to rebuild their lives.  The tornado hit a very poor part of town....why does that seem to always happen??

Oh and this is what M was doing at church while we were gone! :)