If you want more information on our fire - the press side of it, I invite you to visit the Minnedosa Tribune (in the links) or the Brandon Sun (also in the links) ... the Minnedosa Tribune has powerful before, during and after photos on the site right now (they will be there for a week or so - so check them out).
Well, today has been a hard day ... we took out more stuff from what is left standing. The offices have only some furniture left ... the kitchen is still waiting. The kitchen - the place that we JUST built 18 months ago - the place we had renovated so lovingly and had finally settled in to ...
Now we prepare to rebuild ANOTHER kitchen ...
The positives for today are thus:
- we've ordered new copies of Voices United
- we've ordered new Bibles (and they are coming as a gift from the Bible Society - thanks !!)
- we've had calls and notes of support from almost everywhere in Canada (a huge thanks for that)
- we've set up an office and got the phone working (thanks to MTS for the phone)
- we've begun recieving donations for our rebuilding fund
- we've had countless offers of help
- we've heard wonderful words of encouragement and care
- we've been offered resources and supplies
- we are being loved and cared for ...
Today from where I sit, this is not about speaking of the resurrection - this is a time when we are living the resurrection.
It has been a long three days - but a rewarding three days. I appreciate everything that is happening around me here, I particularly appreciate the hard work and dedication of the people in THIS community. People who hefted boxes, inhaled smoke, moved furniture, and just been there ... the thanks would take hours - so may a simple "THANKS !!!" suffice for now ...
Tomorrow we gather as a Presbytery, and we say our thanks to our sisters and brothers in faith for all they've done ... It's been a long three days, but it's been a rewarding three days ...
The United Church in Minnedosa is not gone, it's just temporarily homeless ...
dayenu,
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