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July 2008 Issue

Windsor's Life after the Tornado

On the morning of Thursday, May 22, 2008, no one could predict the force of God’s nature approaching Windsor, Colorado. It seemed like any other morning, a day to do business as usual.

Joanne Tofslie, the Administrative Assistant for Windsor Community Church, was working at the church office on that fateful morning. She noticed that suddenly it started to rain, and then quickly the rain turned to small hail. In Joanne’s own words,“I looked out the window and said out loud, ‘God, you’ll let me know if I’m supposed to leave, right?’ Even as I
was sending up this “arrow prayer” the hail became the size of jawbreakers! Instantly I felt the Spirit’s presence. I said, ‘Now, God?’ Oh, ok...now!”

Joanne grabbed her car keys and started running. She grabbed something to protect her head, jumped into her car and headed for home in the worst hail imaginable. “The sound was like heavy artillery fire. I cried out, ‘Save me Jesus!’ I wasn’t even aware that a tornado was right behind me.” As it turned out, only 5 to 7 minutes after Joanne left the entire
WCC building was destroyed. Praise God for his voice in the storm!

Rather than acting devastated, the church has come strongly together serving one another and their community, and making the most of every opportunity to share the hope of Christ. All that could be salvaged from the building was stored away, and the remaining structure was demolished. WCC is gathering at a wonderful interim location provided generously free by another local church, called REZ (Resurrection Fellowship). No one from the body was hurt, yet several homes are in need of repair. Please pray that WCC’s leadership would clearly sense God’s leading for the future of the body, including their part in rebuilding their town and new church building.