Ice Storm Aftermath

We are about back to normal. We received electricity again just into the tenth 24-hour period of the outage. Fortunately, it came just after dark when we were expecting the temperatures to drop to 18 degrees. That was on Tuesday night. Our cable and internet services resumed yesterday. Most of the mess on campus has been cleaned up but Walnut Ridge is a terrible sight and many of the communities around us will not receive power again for many days.
Unfortunately, my new camera went on the fritz and quit focusing. I added this blurry shot thinking it might show a sense of the destruction. It is basically the same shot as our masthead. I thought you might want to see the difference, like a before-and-after comparision.

Well, we are safe and sound, warm and full, so what more can we ask? We have had a great time of community during this storm, sharing meals with neighbors, working together to clean up and solve problems. There has been a real sense of belonging and caring in the Cove, giving me a glimpse of what life in a geographical community of faith ought to be like. I'll post more photos (not the blurry ones!) to the slide show on the right when they become available.