Wednesday, February 16, 2011

White Swan Fire

Quick update from Sacred Road Ministries on the fire that destroyed seventeen homes in White Swan this last week. According to the Yakima Herald, the fire left 120 people homeless.

Last night, I got to watch as a young church plant gave their first ever money offering in order to help their community rebuild and hear several women mention the cartons of blankets that they had already brought into the donation centers during the power outages, as if meeting a neighbor's needs were the most common thing in the world.

There can be beauty in pain and brokenness.

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