Bethany is safe
by moderator Carla
Jill and The Mod Squad are so grateful that our beloved Bethany and her family are safe and sound after last week’s tornadoes ripped through the South.
Although the city where Bethany lives was devastated, her family’s home was undamaged, thank God. But they are still without power at this time and so are many cities surrounding them.
An additional touching element to this story is that Bethany is an amazing artist who has donated hundreds of hours to make her city more beautiful and quaint by painting murals on some of its older buildings.
Thankfully, Bethany reports all her murals survived. Several are pictured in this post. Click all to enlarge.
Please continue to pray for those affected by the devastation of last week’s storms. There is much to be done in the rebuilding process.
If you would like to help, Samaritan’s Purse is one group that is already helping and could use your donations.
Below are some photos Bethany took of the devastation in her hometown:
Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
Wowweeeee that is some nasty damage.
I’m very glad that you and yours are fine, Bethany, and indeed – you are a great artist.
Not sure what town that is, but I do know what Co-op that is – I worked there some years ago; might have even worked on the transformer that powers your place.
Praise God for His watchcare over you and your family. LL
Thank you for posting this. I’ve been hoping and praying that Bethany and family are safe and sound. Glad to know they are.
I saw the pics Bethany’s husband took OF one of the tornadoes! So scary! Thank GOD that He has protected Bethany and her family!
So thankful to God!
so glad all is well with her
Where I work up in the Chicagoland area, we had one of our sales offices in Tuscaloosa torn to shreds. Our sales agent hid under his desk and, by the grace of God, survived an EF4.
Bethany,
I can’t imagine what your community is going through right now. Prayers are ongoing.
Doug, that’s very cool that you know that area. If you still work as a lineman, maybe you could convince your employer to lend you back to the Alabama co-op as part of a crew. I know that area could use as many useful hands as possible.
Jill, Carla, everyone, thanks so much for your kind words, thoughts, and prayers (what a sweet post!)! :) We were very blessed- there were tornadoes close enough to see from our house but we did not have any damage. It will take a very long time for everything here to be repaired and restored, but it is refreshing to see how the community reaches out to help everyone around here. There have been so many people out there volunteering and just helping everyone in need…it’s truly amazing.
We still don’t have internet access or phone, but hopefully it won’t be too much longer. I’m using the internet at Books a Million right now, and found this post!
Hope you are all having a wonderful week, and my thoughts and prayers are with anyone else who has been affected by this tornado!
Bethany,
I’m overjoyed at your safety. How can we help your community?
Thank God you are safe Bethany. We will pray for your continued safety.
Gerard, if you still have my address, I am collecting funds to get diapers/formula/shampoo/toilet paper/food, etc for any who need help. Here is a video of the destruction from an aerial view:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR83MBQNGqw
Bethany,
I’ve been praying that you all were OK. My goodness, the video is difficult to watch. God bless!
I am collecting funds …
Is there a PO Box or other “safe” address you can post for the rest of us who’d like to send a contribution?
Fed Up, I have a friend who is collecting funds for me- here is the link- she has a paypal address and an email address you can contact to get a snail mail address to send funds to. Thank you so much for any help that you can offer! :)
http://wecareforamericanneeds.wordpress.com/
Thanks for posting the link, Bethany. Will send a donation as soon as I get the snail mail address.