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We had a great day of work and fellowship today. It was another scorcher but we pressed on and we have about a day of work left at the site we are at. We will then move onto another job site that the church has set up with the neighborhood. The church says that they feel that God brought a mission trip to them with this tornado and it is giving them many opportunities to reach out to their neighbors. The evenings here have very laid back and the people from the church have been very generous with serving us dinner each night. The heat and humidity have been overwhelming at times but it’s all good. Our team has been working very well together and we have been having a good time with each other. Our home owner has been great and some of us have had opportunities to talk to him but we are still not if he is a believer or not. Today we had an opportunity to meet another lady from the neighborhood and she joined us as we prayed for our homeowner. We took a short trip about 6 miles away from the church to see the area that the F5 tornado hit and it was very sad to see the destruction. Our group was in amazement at all the homes and buildings that were mangled or completely destroyed. It has been almost a month and there are still people that are not in their homes. The area is called Harvest, Alabama and it was leveled by the tornado but amongst all the debris and destruction, there was one home that had a sign that said “God Bless everyone for the help”. I was truly heartbroken for these people. I could not imagine losing everything in a matter of seconds. We prayed for the people of that area as we drove through. Last night was probably one of the worst nights for sleep for some of us. At about 4am a dog decided to sit right outside the building we are sleeping in and bark nonstop, until me and one other man went outside to scare it away. Needless to say, it woke everyone up in the building. Pray for us today as it is going to be hotter but pray that we have more opportunities to talk with our homeowner.
