Category: Tornado

Learning to Graciously Receive: Our house was destroyed by a tornado in May of 2003. We lost everything but the clothes we were wearing. The outpouring of support from our friends, church family and the community was stunning. We never knew so many people would come together as they did to help us get through… Read more

You Can’t Buy It… How many of you remember Blimpie Subs? They were, hands-down, the best sub-shop anywhere long before Subway rolled into town. I’ve already written several stories about many of the things that happened to Laurie and me following the F-4 tornado that destroyed our house while we were in it. I keep… Read more

Can’t Work on Sundays – time to rebuild. Laurie and I met Mike when we moved to the Lake of the Ozarks in October 1998. The one and only time Mike ran a Handyman for Hire ad in the local newspaper, the owner of the house we were renting hired Mike to do some repair… Read more

God’s Perfect Timing: When the people who took us in the night of the storm; (read about them in part III here in “We Know Where Our Treasures Lie”) brought us back to the house the next morning, it was the first time we saw it in broad day light. When Laurie looked around at… Read more

We Know Where Our Treasures Lie: In May of 2003 in Camdenton, Missouri my wife Laurie and I survived a tornado that destroyed our home while we were in it. That “tragedy” was the catalyst to discovering so many amazing and wonderful lessons about life and relationships. To read “Family of the Month” – part… Read more

When I came home from work each night, I put my wallet and car keys in a drawer of our China cabinet as I came in from the garage. Likewise, Laurie put her purse on a little table next to the door. When the tornado hit, the door, the garage, the China cabinet, and the… Read more

The small church my wife Laurie and I attended in Camdenton, Missouri announced one Sunday that they were starting a “Family of the Month” ministry. Each month a family would be selected, and members of the church would volunteer to do maintenance, mow the lawn, trim trees, paint, whatever was needed. Well, the first family… Read more