I don’t have as many cool pictures as some of my friends who have also been buried in ice this week. I left my camera at the church and didn’t want to get out to go get it – primarily because of the man driving his pick up truck down the ice free street only to have a telephone pole fall directly onto the cab of the truck with live power lines dangling from it. Although he probably died instantly, the rescue workers couldn’t even attempt to save him until PSO turned of the power to those lines. Obviously, it was tragic.
It was also informative, as far as I was concerned. I had power and risking my life for the sake of having a camera nearby just didn’t make sense – so I didn’t do it. Our places looked pretty much like the others you have seen on the net over the last two days.
As debris was cleared from the streets and trees, poles and whatever else quit falling, several church members made their way to the church to open the kitchen and Family Life Center to warm and feed those in need. I am so proud of our church and the deep desire there is to reach out to those in need. We have shifts opening and closing the church and shifts of people feeding those who need a meal. The church next door is a Red Cross Disaster Relief Shelter, and we are the overflow for them.
We just got a phone call from Baptist Disaster Relief and they are sending a chain saw crew to come stay with us. We’ll feed, house and research places for them to get out and clear limbs from peoples’ yards. Baptist Disaster Relief is one of the best things we do as Southern Baptists, and are glad to help these folks do service to our community.
Pray for us. The forecast is for a couple of inches of snow over the weekend and we still have many, many without power in our city and state.
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