His Hands and Feet

As I mentioned in My last post...

Tornadoes were touching down in various parts of our state.

It seems like normally, when a Tornado comes it touches down primarily in one area and causes most of the destruction.

Wednesdays Tornadoes were a very different story

They touched down in multiple parts of the State and caused MASS destruction in each and every place.

So many homes and business were destroyed and many lives were lost.

In a way it seems surreal. You see stuff like this on TV and the news, but never really expect it to happen close to you. I was fortunate that my family was ok, but so many others are not able to say that and you almost get a feeling of helplessness because the needs are just so widespread and so many peoples lives were changed instantly.

Thursday morning when I woke up and was able to get my cell phone charged via the car charger, I had a text that went out from our church saying that there would be people at the church serving food to the Storm victims starting that afternoon and that we needed ice, coolers, lunch meat, and bread. (Cullman was one of the cities that was severely destroyed)

Breanna and I started fumbling around in the dark...getting our stuff together to head that way. I had one loaf of bread and one pkg of sandwich meat at home that I grabbed and we stopped at the only gas station opened at least between Cullman and Birmingham in hopes of getting some ice, but that was a joke. People were waiting in 2 hour lines to get gas.

Once we got to the church we basically had 2 packages of hamburger meat and 1 package of Hot dogs. Not for very long though. People started arriving with the few things they could come up with. Mostly from their own homes because stores were not open. Throughout the day, trucks and trucks kept coming by the load with cases of water and an assortment of food to grill or fry or make sandwiches with. A lot of it was from people in the community that we fed and then they went back home and brought stuff from their homes. Some was from friends that lived further South and still had power and wanted to help, so they went to their nearby stores and got what we needed. And others were from people that randomly pulled in the parking lot that we didn't know, but had heard about us and brought trailors full of stuff.

There are COUNTLESS stories about how things kept appearing and we didn't know where it came from...but there was a need, and all of a sudden it was there!

By the end of the day on Friday we had a room full of supplies. God is absolutely incredible. He multiplied ALL of our supplies!!! A news station wanted to do a story on what we were doing and announced that we would be there all weekend.

We were even busier today. As we gave away more supplies poured in. We almost have more than we know what to do with. It has been the greatest opportunity to pour out God's love to these people who are hurting and show them that there is Hope...just not in earthly things...but in our God.

When I left about an hour ago...there were about 2 rooms full of various supplies...food, water, canned goods, diapers, clothes, and a lot of other things I am probably not aware of.

The people in Cullman were told that it would be about 9 days before they have power. There city is shut down and much of it is detroyed, but in spite of all of this they are coming together and taking care of one another.

It has been so great watching the church work as a unified body for the same purpose. It has been an emotional and humbling time for us all. Ultimately all we can do is rest our burdens in our Fathers arms and let Him carry us.

Please be in prayer for our State

I have some pictures, but I am too exhausted to upload them right now...but promise to do so soon.

If anyone is local and would like to help...We will be at Desperation Church tom 10-7 and then We are having an outside service in the park at 10am Sunday Morning. Which I am pumped about!!!

The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

Psalm 9:9-10