Our Road is Long

Our road to recovery will be very long.... maybe years. It’s hard to capture this in photos in a way that people can comprehend. The destruction you see here lines the rivers throughout the area. This is our community. Yet beyond the flood line, just a mile or two down the road, homes are untouched, flowers bloom, birds sing. But at Valley Hope, the sound of generators and helicopters have been a continuous companion and the smell of dirt and mud have been overwhelming to the senses.

Power is back on now for many. Still no water for most. Through all of this, God has moved in the hearts of so many to offer prayer and aid from all over the world. Our cup runneth over. But it is because He is the great “I am” that Hope remains in this valley.

Through an amazing donation from @kineticowater we are filtering water from the stream on our property to produce 3000 gallons of drinking water a day. Through your generosity, we are providing hot meals, wifi, supplies and more. Smiles are returning and children are playing. Thank you. Our community has pulled together and worked to help each other with each downed tree, each meal, each shovel of mud. There is a richness of spirit and a blessing that can only come from people working together as a community to overcome something like this. We are so rich and so blessed. But we will continue to need help for a very long time.