April 3, 2012

Tornadoes rip apart my small little town. Destroying an entire community. The damage is breathtaking and I am so thankful for God's grace that no one was found dead and all that were reported missing, were found.

On Tuesday; April 3, 2012 I sat at work in pure fear. I cried and I prayed. For hours. The window near my desk became black, and the news reports of tornadoes were on every office screen. My heart was racing. I was terrified.

Not only was I terrified because, well lets face it, tornadoes are scary. I was terrified because as I sat at my desk watching the life news cast, the reporter says "A tornado has now touched down in Forney!" My baby was in Forney and I was downtown Dallas. Immediately I begin sending prayers to God to watch over my baby. He was at school and just right down he street from where the tornado hit. The clouds cleared in downtown and I was finally able to go home. The tornadoes were over.

As I raced to Forney, I could just image what I was going to drive through. Nothing can compare you for what I saw. And the more I saw the more I panicked, my baby was still not with me. I begin praying for those affected, praying that my house was still standing, that my baby was okay.

As I drove through the damage, I knew my son was going to be traumatized when I got to him. He is scared to death of rain and thunder, I can't imagine what was going through his little mind. I drove through my neighborhood first to make sure that our home was still in fact a home. Thank you Lord, it is still there. Untouched. I just knew that if I were to pick up Jacob and drive up to a pile of debris, my heart would shatter. I then drove what seemed like the longest drive ever down the 3 miles strip to the school. There my baby sat, tears rolling down his face, untouched. Thank you again Lord for your grace. Although shaken, he was okay.

As he wrapped his little arms around me I feel to my knees with tear stained cheeks. All I could do was hold on to my baby. I have never been so scared and so relieved at once. So many emotions to deal with all at once. I could never explain.

Although my child and my house were safe, my heart was and still is very heavy for those who came home to nothing.

*These are just a few pictures from Dallas News. They are heartbreaking. My prayers continue.

I am so blessed to be apart of a community that has pulled together to help these victims in their greatest time of need. I am also blessed to call cLife church my home. The cLife family has been the biggest advocate for disaster relief and I can't tell you how amazing the outpour of people has been! Please continue to pray with me for all those affected!