Weave and Sew Dust

Butte to Butte

Here we are at Skinner Butte Park (4/21) overlooking Eugene--who's that baby with the blue eyes?

 

We had just finished playing in the park. . .

 

when Mommy wears sunglasses, you know who has to wear them too!

A happy whirlwind named Lila

Ten wonderful days in Eugene, Oregon with this cutie-patootie and her mommy and daddy!

Life's been a bit of a whirl lately (part 2)

The tornado caused much sorrow for some of the Hispanic families that attend Sacred Heart. Four children died having sought shelter in a bathtub only to have a tree fall on their mobile home. Their mobile home park is a mess of damaged trailers. One of Chris's Vietnamese families had a tree fall on their home in a nearby subdivision. Luckily, he had arranged a good insurance policy for them. Catholic Parish Outreach lost power and had just received the month's delivery of meat. They quickly put everything on dry ice.Their old distribution center lost part of its roof. I think tornados are much worse than hurricanes--so little time to prepare and the whole thing is so random. Believe me when I say that I counted my blessings, that Chris and I were able to  proceed with our planned visit to see our daughter and her family in Oregon only a few days later. 

Life's been a bit of a whirl lately

On April 16th, Chris and I were helping feed the homeless at Moore Square with the Sacred Heart ministry team. One of our members kept getting an update on the weather as we sped up our production line to put together the lunch/dinner bags. Normally, the meal is served on the sidewalk at Moore Square, but it was drizzling when we arrived, so much to the Salvation Army's chagrin, we set up under their concrete overhang.The sky got darker and darker.With final word of the tornado's imminent arrival ,we scrambled to put up our supplies and seek shelter behind the exterior walls of the Salvation Army.One of our ladies was protected by a circle of homeless men.It was like watching the movie "Twister" in 3-D from a front row seat. Honestly, though, I think it lifted somewhat, because I didn't hear the train sound and some portable tents in Moore Square were still in place after the tornado passed through. In addition to the darkness, there was a terrific roar and shredded leaves, branches, and rain all flew sideways. Chris, who was the last person protecting our little huddle of people, found the back of his sweater covered in bits of leaves. It was over within minutes. We were very fortunate because the tornado brought death and destruction to the south and north of our location.