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The last couple of days have been difficult for the residents of our small city of Van here in Texas. Many of our friends, co-workers and neighbors were greatly affected by the tornado that destroyed houses and took two lives. Carla, Cassia and I are grateful for God’s protection over our lives and home. Seven houses from us on my street looks like a war zone.  I’m learning that these types of situations impact us all in different ways. When I look at a house that last week was there and today is gone, I think that could be my house. When I pick a picture on my lawn that was blown by the fierce wind, I think that could be my memory that went away. So I’m grateful that not even a shingle was taken from my house.  We want to thank all of you for reaching out to us by phone calls, emails and face book messages. Please continue to pray for those affected by the storms.

Last Sunday night around 9:30 a tornado touched down in our little town of Van, Texas. The power went off and I hear the emergency siren, Carla, Cassia and I took shelter in our bathroom. We could hear the strength of the wind that lasted few minutes. A second storm went by, but not as strong as the first one. Early in the morning, still without power, when I saw the debris in front of our yard I realized that things up the street were not good. There was no damage to our house, but few houses from us some of our neigh bors were hit badly. We thanked God for protecting us from such destructive force. The F3 tornado run a 10 miles path and was 700 yards wide destroying or damaging 120 houses.