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20 Comments for 'The Tornado that almost got us'

1. On March 19, 2008 @ 8:19 am Eddie said:

   • The first thing I thought of when I saw the news was thankfulness it was a week later. I know the conference has impacted so many lives and I’m so thankful it was able to continue without weather.

     Even the snow cleared so we could hit the streets. It doesn’t snow in ATL or Georgia that often so we were excited about it but at the same time, we were thrilled when it cleared enough for us to go to homes and share the gospel.

     God is awesome.

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2. On March 19, 2008 @ 8:23 am Emily Lykins said:

   • dear Greg,
     i was at that atlanta meeting!!!!WHen I heard of what happened with the whole tornado thing.. i felt relieved and sorry, i am glad that god had blessed us by letting that hawks(or was it ga bulldawgs)game go into overtime…and that it was so late in the nite,,many ppl were in for the night..they say noone died in the atlanta/tornado thing.. but 2 ppl died in polk county and floyd county.. i live in floyd county.. but i didn’t kno the person who died..let’s hope god bless the families of the perished ones.. and lets hope they are going to a bettr place….. my youth group(5 ppl),2 of my friends and i were staying at the omni hotel@the cnn center…..& my dad’s ans uncle mike’s room was one of the room’s that got totaled…..well im gunna go.. & im glad that noone else was killed & i hope the ppl who were injured are okay sincerelly yours,
     [<3] eMiLy~lYkInS

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3. On March 19, 2008 @ 8:36 am Becky said:

   • Yeah that would of been horrible.

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4. On March 19, 2008 @ 9:53 am Katie said:

   • God is so amazing! He is always watching out for us! Wow that is so cool! I was there in Atlanta and it was an amazing experience. Praise God that he allowed the conference to go on!

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5. On March 19, 2008 @ 12:25 pm Jon Rehmert said:

   • I am glad you are ok

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6. On March 19, 2008 @ 2:20 pm Lily said:

   • My parents were at a trade convention in Atlanta in the Georgia World Congress Center. Their convention ended on March first. We were so amazed when we heard of the tornado damage to that building just two weeks later. We were so thankful that it was not the week that they were there. I am so glad that it was not the week that D2S was there either. I will pray for all of those who were affected by this tornado in Atlanta and the surrounding cities.

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7. On March 19, 2008 @ 2:40 pm Kelsey said:

   • Man, that’s scary. Especially to think that all of the people that got saved that night may have died not knowing Christ. It makes you realize how much God really is watching over us, and how much we need to be witnesses. WOW.

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8. On March 19, 2008 @ 3:41 pm Chelsea and Katie said:

   • We were both at the meeting in Atlanta. It was amazing… and to think that if the tornado did hit sometime in the program, getting all of those teenagers out of the building to somewhere safe threw those tiny doors would have been… well.. lets just say bad. I [[Katie]] had accepted Christ later that second day, and if it hadn’t happened or the tornado just blew threw the building before that ever happened, I probably wouldn’t be anything like I am now, and I wouldn’t have gotten my friends to accept Christ either. This really does show us what God is all about, and it shows He’s always watching and protecting the people He cares about, it shows there is someone up there always looking out. Theres much more we could state about this, but sometimes, a good story is just enough to get someone riled up about Christ.
     Because of D2S Chelsea and I accepted Christ fully into our lives and we are willing to make changes. We were Baptized [[dunked]] the next Sunday. We haven’t regreted the choice, and never will.

     Hope to find everyone unhurt and in the cheery-God-spreading-mood. Go find a friend and tellem you love em.
     That if you were there, that you were honestly lucky… because the wall infront of the exit.. was alllllll glass windows. God’s definitely working and watching over us at all times.

     Chelsea- Continue to be safe and spread God’s word
     Katie- Make sure you check out our church website to see a video from D2S… Great fun [[I fall playing duck duck goose… it’s a must see]] While you’re there… look around and think about coming if you’re in the area of Gwinette GA.

     Much love and respect….
     Katie and her faithful companion…Chelsea.

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9. On March 19, 2008 @ 4:19 pm Hannah said:

   • Wow. God is good, no question about it!

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10. On March 19, 2008 @ 4:37 pm Brian said:

    • You have many prayer warriors praying for you and everyone at D2S.

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11. On March 20, 2008 @ 9:53 am Pastor Drew Hensley said:

    • Another cool thing to me is the realization (that we often need) that God has everything in control, even in a possibly horrible sittuation. I pastor the youth at a church in Atlanta and was supposed to be downtown for the basketball games at the Georgia Dome the night the tornado hit. Check this out, the last game of the night has only seconds left and Alabama is at the free throw line. If they make a basket then they go to overtime, if they miss the game is over. The player thankfully makes the basket and the game goes to overtime. With 2:00 minutes left in OT part of the roof comes apart. Think about this, if that player would have missed that free-throw, thousands of people would have been heading for their cars when the tornado hit and we would have seen a catastrophe. One more reason to trust and believe in the God that parts the water, calms the sea, and makes sure games go into OT.

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12. On March 20, 2008 @ 1:14 pm Anna Gabriel said:

    • Thankgiving is the emotion that rippled through my body when I watched the news that morning. God is GOOD all the time!!!!

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13. On March 20, 2008 @ 9:50 pm Rodney Wright said:

    • As I watched the news about the tornado of how quick and devestating it was, it reminded me of what we heard at the conference about the return of Christ and how we should be living our lives in light of his return.

      Just like the tornado warning from the weather service, we have the warning that Christ is coming but we don’t know exactly when and we must be prepared. In the same way must warn those around us of eternal destruction that is coming to those who have not placed their trust in Jesus Christ.

      We often forget the danger of a tornado until it hits close to home and in the same way I think we forget the urgency to tell others about Jesus until death hits close to home.

      Jesus gave us an early warning system and we should take it even more seriously than a tornado warning!

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14. On March 21, 2008 @ 5:04 pm emily moore said:

    • ithought about everything that you said in ur blog the very night that it happened. God truely did show himself to me that night. i cant even imagine what would have happened to all of us in the convention center( i was @ dare 2 share[survive]) i am just so incredibly thankful!!!!!!!!!

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15. On March 21, 2008 @ 6:04 pm Taylor said:

    • I am so glad that it didn’t get us. That would have been so scary!

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16. On March 23, 2008 @ 7:28 am Lora Beeler said:

    • God is AWESOME!! The teens needed to hear what was going to be said in that meeting and because of Him they were able to! I can’t imagine the number of teens who could have been hurt doing the tornado….but thanks be to God…it’s not something we had to witness. It was an awesome weekend and we will be back next year and I’m believing for a busload of kids instead of a van load!

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17. On March 23, 2008 @ 9:24 am Tiffany said:

    • Let me just say this… God’s timing is ALWAYS perfect. It is obvious that the teens that attended the Atlanta Dare2Share conference (including my own youth) needed to hear that message. Even the millions of dollars worth of damage won’t make up for the priceless souls that would have been lost had the conference not taken place. Greg, you are AWESOME! I pray that your ministry would grow beyond your imagination! See you next year!!!

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18. On March 24, 2008 @ 9:25 pm Bubelaiken said:

    • hey greg yeah

      glad i metion atlanta part under seattle topic you did.

      anyway I live Near Atlanta part. I was in Dare 2 share atlanta. when i heard about tornado in Atlant i knew quickly that we are thankful and that god is there with us. He was protecting us. soo Yeah. Anyway IM glad im okay and glad other teenagers are okay as well that are in the conference however my coutries got tornado warning the next day of Atlanta tornado and we got pretty tough storm there but otherwise it was okay. anyway im glad you mention that.

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19. On April 5, 2008 @ 7:32 am trheph1921 said:

    • This is a great example of why we should pray without ceasing and always be listening to the Spirit of God to pray God’s desire into and over the lives of others. Prayer is a powerful tool and humbling gift from our Father that allows us to touch the lives of people we may never meet, sometimes with prayers that make no sense to us, prayers we may never understand. God is on the throne!

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20. On April 10, 2008 @ 9:44 am Jennifer said:

    • yeah i was 2 the Atl conference when i heard abt the tornado i was really scared but then again i was thanking God for not letting us be there when it happened. it goes to show how powerful God is

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