Twister!

I just want to start this entry by saying thank you to everyone who took the tornado situation seriously and prayed for Cory and I and the entire DFW area. While some of you may dismiss what happened this week (the tornados) as just another time where I was scared about something silly, this was definitely not one of those times and was actually very serious. I have never in my life been so scared...probably because never in my life have I heard tornado sirens going off and heard over the radio that a tornado was heading straight for my city. Those are NOT things that you ever want to hear.

It was the strangest thing in the world because the weather was beautiful in the morning-so much so that Cory was on his way to get gas for the lawn mower so that we could mow our lawn (for the first time since we’ve moved in, might I add...oops..our neighbors probably hated us!). Anyway, while he was on his way there he heard that the  first tornado had touched down. Then, the cloud started rolling in and about 15 minutes after he got back, the tornado sirens started going off here. We turned on the radio and heard that a tornado was in the city right next to ours and was headed our way...so we got comforters and a mattress and went to the bathroom. We stayed there for a good 2 hours while listening to reports of tornados dropping all around us and while line after line of storms rolled in. It was miserable...but God was good through it all!

All we did for most of that time (besides listen to the reports and sirens) was pray...and it helped so much to bring peace in such a frightening situation. I have never felt the peace of God more clearly than in that time. Praise God that no one was seriously injured in the storms (one of the worst storms they have had in many years...and of course its on the 3rd week we’re here!). I truly believe that Satan is doing everything in His power to scare us out of this city...but it is not going to work. We are here to stay for now :) Here are some pictures of what was happening all around us during that day:

Yes, those are semi trucks.

Hail

More semis flying through the air

These pictures are courtesy of: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/incredible-pictures-of-the-tornadoes-near-dallas (for some reason the link feature wasn't working)

Please continue to pray for those whose homes were devastated.