Saturday, August 22, 2009

A windy day in Durham!




On Thursday a tornado came through Southern ontario and the North end of NTMC and the East Side of Durham. Damage on Campus was great, but the town got the worst of it with stores and houses that lost roofs, walls, etc. One boy in town was killed and many injured in that area. But I can only tell what I've heard from others about what has happened in town as we have not been allowed to go into town which is the only way out of campus. (FIRST PHOTO BEFORE STORM)On Campus the academy got it worst with all the shingles ripped off the roof and siding on parts taken off. It poured shortly after the tornado came through so they couldn't get much of the roof covered with tarp before which caused damage. Before we weren't able to see into durham from our property but as you can see above the trees between us are down and there are buildings visible in the background. One count was 36 trees down on Campus.


We spent all of Friday cleaning up but were greatly blessed with many who came from the surrounding churches and communities to help. We also had a large work group from ohio who had come for the week to do some maintenance and decided to stay longer to help. We wouldn't be half as far without them. They also supplied us with lunch and another couple from a church nearby supplied supper.




Although there was one staff member's car fallen on, the trees fell every which way but not on people, and only one home slightly damaged. God still had his hand in this disaster.



Baby Birds found scattered along the ground. To the right a building in town.

Summer Break








For summer my (Tash) parents flew

us home which saved us 34 hours of driving! We spent the first week at a cabin at Emma Lake with my parents and brother, sister-in-law and nephew. My brother Ryan and I were the only ones to catch fish that week.

The next week we went to Nate's parents place for almost a week and then went up with them to Nipawin Bible College's 75th
Anniversary. Nate and his dad went gopher hunting a couple days and nate seemed to be confused what a gopher is =) ... He came back with a jack Rabbit and so we cooked it up for supper. It was quite good. The last two weeks were spent in warman and were pretty full with visiting with friends and family in the area.