What a wild day

We are still here, alive and well, if not a little sore. This has been a really wild day and we have worked really hard. We got a call early this morning that the roof had blown off of our church in a storm. It's still not clear if it was a tornado or straight line winds. Whatever it was it literally picked up the roof from one side, decking and all, and blew it over the church and landed it in the parking lot and road. There was metal and styrofoam from the roof high in the trees across the road. We had to get it covered up quick and the debris picked up because another line of storms was heading our way.

We got things picked up and covered up somewhat when the second line came through. There were multiple tornadoes on the ground at one time. The plastic didn't get blown off but it was not enough to keep the torrential rains out of the building. What a mess. We had wet/dry vacs going and made a "redneck funnel" in the worst hit room which consisted of salvaged boards holding up plastic which funneled the water out the door. We still managed to have our Passover demonstration service tonight so we are grateful for that. There will be no Sunday School because of the damage to the rooms but the Sunday worship service is still on.

At one point today T was at the church and the girls and I were here at the house. I was watching the TV and they were gathering up cats and heading to the master bath. I watched and then called and gave reports to T and to a friend until it got bad enough that I sat out the rest of the storm in the tub with the cats and kids. We are all fine though.

The adoption papers did in fact have a "minor error" which is waiting to be corrected. Now they're saying they might be back in MOI by Thursday. Are you surprised? Please keep praying for us. Thanks.