It's fantastic to live in a community with people who care. This evening we
were unaware that the thunderstorm heading our way housed a tornado. That
is we were unaware until friends south of us who were watching television
saw the threat to us. Our phone rang and Paul Ravina's caring voice said,
"Turn on your television you are in a tornado warning zone." Thank you,
Paul.

The next few minutes were filled with getting birds into the basement and in
general preparing for the worst. Thankfully after much thunderous noise and
lots of water the storm moved east. Hopefully those people also have
someone to call them.

In I Peter 5:7 we read that God cares for us. If we are to be imitators of
Christ, as we are urged to do in Philippians, we must indeed be watchful to
see need and to be quick to offer and supply what is needed. Thankfully, I
not only have people who call me I also have people who enable us to quickly
reach out when we perceive problems. Just last week I overheard one of my
grad students say quietly to another student, "I don't know how I am going
to feed my four children lunch. I don't have any food or money." Needless
to say because so many of you on occasion send offerings to our Spring of
Life ministry her problem was cared for immediately. It is very rewarding
to be a part of something much bigger than ourselves. God gives to us that
we might be streams of blessings. And when we are a stream we are the ones
with the biggest smile.