August 19, 2010

• I have never seen anything like this before. I have seen flooding on the news, I have seen it in movies, and I have seen some of the after affects, but this what unlike anything I have ever seen. There was mud everywhere. We picked it up with shovels, we pushed it out the doors with pieces of wood, we used brooms. The water rose up about five feet. It destroyed everything in the church. All of the sound equipment is gone. All of the toys and children’s things are gone. No more books. The Sunday School curriculum is gone. The computers are gone. All of the crafts and supplies Hillside and Tennessee brought us…gone. All of it. We pushed the mud out of the doors, and it should have gone down the stairs, but the stairs were buried under more mud. The fence is completely ruined, broken. Roger, the worship pastor, who also guards the church at night, well, his motorcycle is destroyed. He may not be able to afford another one for quite a while, as he is quite poor.

  This will take many months to clean up, if not an entire year. 

  I am frustrated. I am sad. All of the work that has been done. The blood, sweat, and tears of this church body and so many others, all just gone. I am trying to look on the upside. The building is still there. None of the new construction was destroyed. We may have managed to salvage the seats, at least some of them. 

  It has been reminding me of the song about how the wise man built his house upon the rock. The rain came down and the flood came up, but the house it did not fall. So, we know that God is in charge of everything. We know that God planned this to happen right before JD and I are to leave for Miami. We know He saw this coming. We know He is good. So, we may not know why, or how we will rebuild, but we know He is faithful and sovereign to care for His children. 

  We are unsure right now of the best way to get supplies and aid here. We will let you know as soon as we can how you can help. But for right now, pray. 

  

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