Ringgold, GA

The Calvary Chapel Team made it safely to CC Chattanooga yesterday evening.  The church here is wonderful and we are sleeping in the toddler and infant classrooms.  Antonis and I are specifically sleeping in the room for 0-6 month olds.  I feel right at home with all the baby equipment!   Today we went out to Ringgold, GA to help a man with clearing his property.  His home had minimal damage but all the property behind his house was cleared by the storm back in April.  What a mess!  Trees everywhere. 

It was a tough day- it felt like 100 degrees and I spent my time grabbing branches and limbs of trees off the ground and putting them over by the side of the road so that they can be picked up later in the week.  It was slow moving work and with all the devastation I felt like I was barely making any difference.  The men were working with power saws and cutting down trees that were still standing, yet many were bent and twisted.  Antonis had a blast trying to knock down several trees with an ax.
Here are some photos of the afternoon:

    This last picture is our little tent that we would sit under to get relief from the sun.  Tomorrow the men are going back to this same property to continue clearing land.  I am going to be going with Jenny who is Pastor Darin's assistant and she is going to take me to visit with a retired couple, Harry & Mary, who live in Apison who's retirement property was destroyed in the storms, though their house is in tact.  I am excited to meet them.