Lori, Jeff, and Cassie have been here visiting for a few days. It's been so nice to have them - and it's been so nice for them to be in a place that has buildings and electricity!
Funny how when you're far away from it all, it's easy to forget what it's like. For example: Cassie went with me to church yesterday, and at the end of the service, our pastor was making a point about how it's easy to overlook the needs in people's hearts because we don't look closely enough. He said "When you walk down the street, what do you see? Buildings and street signs?" As he went on to say "Or do you see the people..." Cassie leaned over to me and said "No." Though she said it with a smile...it's a sad thing. It's a whole different world where they are. And even though the news stations have gone on to fresher tragedies, this place still hurts.
Below are four REBUILDING posts - catching up on life through Cassie's camera.
One thing people comment about when they see tornado pictures is just the barrenness of the trees. It was so strange to drive into Greensburg shortly after the tornado and see normal, normal, normal, BOOM - no leaves. You could tell exactly where the tornado had been because of the broken, leaf-less trees.
Here is a pictures taken by my Mom less than a week after the tornado hit.
By the time I arrived about a week and a half after the storm, tiny signs of life had arrived and baby leaves were sprouting out of branches that otherwise looked dead.
Cassie took this picture just before they left for Indiana - as you can see, God has quite a plan in place for His creation!
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