Mission Accomplished doesn't really describe the day. There are probably a few yards left untouched. One we know of that is filled with the remains of 2 trees is waiting on the insurance adjuster. The town of Marion, however, was quite a different place by this afternoon compared to when I first went up yesterday.
Eleven of us worked through the day on approximately 12 yards for residents. My family and 6 volunteers from Mt. Sterling Nazarene, Katrina veterans as well, had a great day of fellowship, service, and chain saws :-)
David took some pics of our last site which you can see here.
The town residents have cleared an amazing amount of brush and stacked it at the curb for pickup. While I was originally concerned about a lack of volunteers this morning, I was amazed and impressed at how fast all this was done. After Monday, there may be more requests through the Senior Center and we may need some volunteers a couple evenings this week for that.
I know God will provide what is needed and I'm grateful we got to go and serve after this storm. I am concerned, though that when it appears we are needed it is difficult to gather the volunteers together for local relief. I'm interested in your ideas and feedback on how we can make such a response more fruitful.
Look for more updates over the next couple days as to what additional help will be needed.
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