Hello Family:

It has been a horrible 24 hours here in Arkansas.  i thought i would update you all as to what mother nature did to our neck of the woods.  we had a tornado last night about 5:30 and it pretty much wiped out the town of Gassville Arkansas which is where my mom lives.  Grandma Shaffer lives about 10 miles away and had no damage and is doing fine.  Mom and dad were extremely lucky and sustained no damage to their house or selves.  it did, however, hit very hard less than a mile away from their house.  I live about 10 miles the other way and we were very lucky to and it did not hit here. 

I was worried you would here about us on the news and worry about mom and dad and grandma and i wanted to assure everyone that we are all fine.  They have no power out thier way and probably will not for the next few days.  Gassville is a very small town of about 2500 people and last night it was all pretty much demolished.  There are still about 10 people missing from the area and hopefully they will be found today. 

It is really hard to believe that this actually happened.  I went there today to give bags of supplies to whoever needed them and started to cry for what i saw of the town.  words and pictures cannot describe it.  I will have mark post some of the pictures that i took this morning though.

Please pray for our friends and neighbors.  we have had one die from the tornado last night and several injured and like i said 10 still missing.  Again, mom and dad, Nikki and her family, Grandma shaffer, and all of us got out of it without any damages so we are the lucky ones. 

Mom will probably update later.  She is going to be staying at grandma's for the next few days until they got some power back to their house. 

Love you all,

Gina