Yesterday we had some wild weather in Colorado. For about 8 hours we were under a tornado watch! Yes, even in Boulder County! For about 20 minutes, Northeast Boulder County was even under a tornado warning! A bit unnerving! I called Noah to see where he was (as he drives all over the county for his job) and told him to stay out of Longmont. He was in Superior (Southeast of Boulder) at the time. Although we only had sporadic rain showers, wind and small hail in the city of Boulder, a town in northern Colorado was not so lucky. Windsor, in Weld County (which is Northeast of Boulder County) was hit by what is being called an F-4 tornado. The estimates are that the tornado was a mile wide and was on the ground for 35 miles! I heard on the radio this morning that Weld County has more reported tornadoes than any other county in the country. The only difference is that the tornadoes in Weld rarely touch down, or they are usually small and don’t do any damage.

Last night when we came home from bible study we had a message on our machine from the Salvation Army. We were being called to go up to Windsor to help, mainly with feeding the workers. If you remember back, last year we signed up to be Emergency Disaster Volunteers (EDS). I called the guy back this morning and signed us up to help feed breakfast Sunday morning. It will be an early rise, as we have to be there by 6am, and Windsor is about 40 minutes away, without roadblocks to talk our way through (we do have SA IDs, so hopefully those will help!). This will be our first experience volunteering at a natural disaster event. Pray for the families affected by the tornadoes (there were actually two touchdowns) and for us that we may be a light (and helpful) to the people in Windsor.