Hope

Elementary School

Apartment Complex

Neighborhood

These pictures, sharing glimpses of the destruction at Tuscaloosa, Alabama, they only show the material damage. Sure, having your house ripped off the ground by a tornado is a horrible thing, but no one can contemplate the emotional damage done to the community here. Several hundred people have lost their homes, and have been dependent on their family neighbors for food and shelter. No one can actually imagine the damage until you see it with the eyes.

By the grace of God, people have opened up to each other in the communities, at church, and the entire city for that matter. No one is surviving alone right now, which brings a sense of God into the picture. No one could survive, if it were not for God. As of now, God has blessed people with buildings, supplies, and food needed to help the city recover. Our mission trip is just a small part of His plan, and I know he will use us to our full capacity. I hope that we may show the grace of God, I hope, that everyone will be blessed by the work that goes on here. I pray, that we can share our hope.

-Jonathan Bell