On my roadtrip to Arkansas and St. Louis with Jacque and Ben, we drove right through Joplin, Missouri. This picture was taken in Aug. 2011, 2 months after the deadly F5 tornado tore through that area. I was amazed and shocked at what I saw. Majority of the debris had been removed, the high school had yet to be touched, just fenced off. The land looked like it had been bombed and deserted. I wanted to drive Jacque and Ben through to see this. Only as a reminder, that when we complain about how much our life "sucks" because we had our iPod taken away, can't play with friends because we are in trouble, or have to help unload the dishwasher....I wanted them to see just how bad they had it. We should never take for granted just how easy we have it and our bad days or moments we have are nothing in comparison to the hardships others are going through.
Everything we have is a blessing. Every situation (good or bad) is an opportunity. Don't waste our opportunities.
Just a few of the pictures I took.......
Amazing how someone used duct tape to finish the sign that once said Joplin High School, and now it says Hope High School!
This is the gymnasium of the school, where just 30 minutes before the tornado was High School graduation ceremonies!
Everywhere you looked there was nothing.
On a hill, overlooking all the devestation was a church....was a church, but what was left standing....a cross.
Yet again, another picture of how barren the land was. My pictures couldn't catch the magnitude of how wiped out this area was, and how large of an area it was. All gone.
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