Yesterday afternoon, a trailer load of supplies left our Nashville warehouse for St. Joseph, MO. On Monday morning, July 20th, St. Joseph received 5 inches of rain, causing Contrary Creek to rise above flood stage, and flood the south end of St.Joseph. Several hundred homes were flooded. Yesterday we received word from the East Hills church of Christ in St. Joseph to send a trailer load of supplies.

Easter Weekend, April 12th & 13th, there were 105 confirmed tornadoes from the South/Southeast, up to the northeastern part of the US  Tornadoes touched down in Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and even in Maryland.  With the length of all of the paths of  these tornadoes combined,  the distance tornadoes were on the ground Easter weekend was 771.86 miles! 

As I type this message a trailer load of supplies is being unloaded at the Jackson Street church of Christ building in Monroe, LA. We were in contact with the Monroe area Sunday, after the tornado struck Saturday. The Jackson Street church requested a truck, so they could unload it at 8am this morning. We received word that over 200 families were seeking shelter from the damage done to their homes.

Tuesday afternoon a tornado struck the Tishomingo, MS area. Ken Lowry, our Associate Director was in contact with area congregations that evening, and they requested a truckload of supplies for delivery at 9am the next morning…