My
new single �The Old Rusty Anchor� has a line that says,
�I�ll throw out one more anchor and rest with the Savior till it
passes by� (Speaking of the storm).
Having
said that let me begin�
En-route
to a revival in Greenwood,
Mississippi
we stopped by Caledonia to visit with Jennifer & Kim (My Stepdaughters)
and their families. They gave me
some black balloons as well as an over the hill, & the big 50 balloon for
my 50th birthday. We
laughed, took pictures and had a great time. Little did we know what was in
store the next day. I made some
calls, did a little work on an album that I am producing, then drove into
Columbus while Debi, Kim, & Wess did some things at Kim�s house near
Caledonia. I was sitting in the
drive-through at McDonalds
when Debi called and told me that there were tornado warnings in the area. I
made another stop and headed to Jennifer�s house where I was to meet up with
Debi, Kim, & Wess. Wess, age
3, had stayed home from daycare to spend some time with Granny.
Jennifer�s other two children, Bryce & Jordan, and Kim�s son
Dylan were at the Caledonia
Elementary School.
Jennifer & her husband Jody were at work.
The closer I got to the house the worse the weather looked.
The sky was filled with black clouds. Huge bolts of lighting were
coming down off in the distance. By
the time I reached the house it looked like we were in for some very bad
weather. Someone said something
about hail so I decided I had better put the car into the garage. Kim was
going to open the garage
door
while I pulled in. As I opened
the door to go outside I looked up about fifty yards from the house above a
little wooded area. I saw boards,
and debris swirling around in the air. It
was twisting and breaking the tops out of those pine trees.
I was scared. I yelled to Kim, �Get in the closet, its here! It�s a
tornado!� We all ran into the
bedroom closet. We could hear
little rocks hitting a window nearby. In
a few minutes all was calm except for some rain.
We went to look out the front window and noticed that across the street
half of one of the houses was gone. Down
the street looked like a war zone. Several
houses were destroyed. We later
learned that the school had been hit by a tornado.
What great news it was to find out the children at school were safe.
Other than a few broken trees there was no damage to their new home
which was barely four months old. We
will forever be grateful to our God for his hand of protection. There was much damage to the Caledonia area but no one was
seriously harmed.
To
God Be The Glory.
Gerald
