Tornadoes and other thoughts!

I know it has been too long since I have posted.. things have been crazy around here!

We have had our share of storms this spring but the 19th of April brought in our worst yet. We had two tornadoes and lots of straightline winds in our little town. Sine I work for State Farm, work has been absolutely hectic since then! We have filed over 150 claims in our office.

This was also our Chinese 'son' Liming's first experience with a tornado. According to him, they have earthquakes but not tornadoes. My family all went to the basement during the worst of it. Li was so funny, he was shining his cell phone at us like we were at a concert singing "We are the world."! We made it all out safe and sound with no damage to our home at all.

The church did receive damage on the roof and outside but the insurance is putting on a complete new roof -Praise God for insurance! Speaking of blessings, not one person was hurt from the storms in our area. We know that was a blessing to name. Our prayers are with those who have lost loved ones in all of the weather this spring has brought across our land!

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