tornado

this is what living in a small community is all about! friends, family, and outsiders, have pulled together to help those who have lost their homes. It has been a non-stop ordeal this week. seems like a nightmare...... so many lives have been turned upside down. i have heard no complaints from resident about not having any help. and they are not looking for the government to come clean up for them. they are all hard at work doing their own. this pic is of the last service held at the Bethlehem Baptist. the people join hands, a short sermon, testimonies from those who lost material things, prayers of thanksgiving for their safety and then the people started removing the contents to storage so that the building can be torn down. this was a sad day for all who loved this church. thoughts of all those who worked so hard at keeping it going thru the years. some of those i thought of were my parents, fred and dolly, bea and irless, nolan and irene, shirley and laverne, kenneth and wanda corse, lizzie swan, neva klobe, son noe, tom and martha clifton, thurman and myrdie clifton, chalmer and stella sandlin, and many more.