15 years ago, the State of Missouri experienced horrible flooding in many, many areas. Today, we are at the same point. Our church at the time, was a base for the American Red Cross as well as the SBC (Southern Baptist Convention) Disaster Relief Organization. My parents would take my sister & me along with them to church to help prepare sandwiches, bags of chips, etc. We would then split up & hop aboard Red Cross vehicles (that look like ambulance vehicles) & head into the flooded areas to deliver the goods. Though that was a number of years ago, the memory is still strong in my mind & I'm grateful that my parents saw the value in our helping. As the waters rose here yet again, I wondered how I could play a part. Unfortunately, it seems that there is no such base this time around.
However, there was (& still is) a great need for food & water to be supplied. Last week, I collected such & on Saturday, my parents, Haley & I carried a whole van load of water, fruit, chips, etc. to Clarksville, MO. Clarksville is a small town about 60 miles N. of us. Though sandbagging efforts had ceased & the job was then to maintain & see what happened, the residents were quite appreciative of our coming to gift them with necessities. After dropping off the food & water, we drove around some more to look at the water. Such devestation. How I pray for all areas that have been flooded & for the people that will be cleaning up for a long time after.
