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Sunday, April 15, 2007

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Last night a massive storm ripped through the northern half of the DFW metroplex. It forced tons of motorists along highway 121 to get out of their cars and huddle in ditches for shelter. It caused the first NASCAR qualifying round race cancelation in the past ten years. It took the roof off of a minyards and demolished all but three walls of a Baptist church in Holcomb city. I am almost never in that part of DFW - once a year tops - but I was there last night. We were in the Grapevine mall for a photo scavanger hunt as part of a purity retreat I was co-leading. We had no idea anything was going on until all of the stores started telling everyone to get out and closing their doors. My sister called me in the middle of that to inform us that a tornado was coming straight up highway 121 (which runs past the mall). So we were herded into tornado tunnels - aka. the interior tunnels of the mall - until the sirens stopped sounding. The craziest thing is that the girls I was with weren't even scared! We've all been through so many tornado warnings that our reaction is just, "Okay, when can we get back to shopping?!"
  We did get out after a little while and the rest of the weekend went really well. I think that the girls really enjoyed the retreat and it seemed like they got a lot out of what we were presenting. I am so glad I got to be a part of it and that God taught us all more about patience, grace and flexibility as well as purity this weekend!


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