Christians Providing Relief, Hot Meals and Prayer in Town Devastated by Tornadoes
Severe weather will continue to pound Gulf states into midweek. Meanwhile, residents of Kentucky are still dealing with the devastation of powerful tornadoes that ripped their communities apart.
CBN’s Operation Blessing is on the scene in London, Kentucky where the town’s mayor and local churches are working together to help bring healing to the community. Here’s what they all said about the disaster relief effort:
“London is a small town with big ideals. This is family. You know, no matter where you go around in this city, people’s gonna treat you good,” said London Mayor Randall Weddle.
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Macie McDaniel, a volunteer and local educator, agreed.
“We’re like a big family, and if something happens, we’re gonna be there because it, it doesn’t matter what disaster hits our little area, we wanna help one another,” she said.
A tornado hit in Laurel County on a Friday night, May 16th.
“You could only see the debris in your headlights or where a flashlight was. You knew it was bad. It wasn’t until the next morning when daylight broke that I realized how bad this was,” Weddle said.
Operation Blessing quickly got into position to help.
“We’re here on the ground in London, Kentucky, where the devastating tornado hit just a few days ago. We got on the road to come and help the hurting people in this community. We come out with a load of supplies and we were looking for a place that we could set up that was close to the devastation. We were praying that God would lead us. They were receiving food and supplies at a company called WB Transport. And as we were unloading this, they asked if they had, if they could have some more food,” said Kevin Walker with OB.
“We’ve been able to set our mobile kitchen, our work order trailer and our construction trailers, and been able to, to just minister to the people in this community. It’s been such a wonderful thing. Without the support of the mayor and the support of WB Transportation, we wouldn’t be able to do what we’re doing,” Walker added.
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Weddle said the community is relying heavily on their faith in God.
“Without God, we’re not gonna get through this. We need him. So to allow anybody that, that is pushing the me message of Christ to be here utilizing my building or city property, whatever, I’m gonna do it,” he expressed.
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