Last night Leslie Mills, a Local pastor and the volunteer coordinator for this project, joined us to share information about the local area and what it was like to live through hurricane Irene. Can you imagine waking up in the middle of the night, grabbing your children or grandchildren and having to swim to find higher ground? That's what it was like here.
It was a perfect storm for Aurora. It rained and rained and rained, somewhere between 18 and 22 inches in less than two days. And then the winds pushed the water from the sound upstream into the river and into Aurora. (As Leslie was sharing with us last night, I kept thinking..."and there are folks who believe that God couldn't have used a mighty wind to separate the Red Sea for the Hebrew people.) In and around Aurora, water met water and the result was lots of flooded homes.
That is the beginning of the story. The rest of the story is still being written. Folks with means and insurance, have been able to put their homes and lives back together in good order--not easy but at least doable. But for folks who were already just getting by, the perfect storm continues.
Thank you so much for your support in helping us come to Aurora this week! You are helping to add a new hope-filled chapter to the Hurricane Irene story in the lives of several families.
God is good!(and so are you!!!)
Blessings.
Rich
Stay strong little UG workerbees! A hurricane can tear apart walls and flood areas, but it cannot remove love :)
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine the things you are all experiencing...thoughts and prayers are with you all as you all POUR out LOVE on our beautiful coast and the amazing people that live there!
-julie