About a month and a half ago, I did a post in response to a column I read by Nicholas Kristof in the New York Times. Those of you who keep up with the blog will recall that the effort was to collect dresses from friends and family to send to a woman, Jane, in Nairobi. I was so encouraged by the generous donations of friends and family. I had a collection of 29 dresses at that point.
I posted how Trinity had read about the collection effort and posted on her blog about it in order to help grow the collection. She collected a huge load of dresses, and we ended up with over 50 dresses total! It ended up being an awesome way to reach out to a woman in need across the world.
However, in the blink of an eye on Sunday, Trinity and her family lost everything, as well as their beloved family dog, in a fire that consumed their home. Their farmhouse had completed being restored on Saturday, and it all burned down on Sunday.
In a twist of fate, Trinity, Mike, and their three kids (plus one more due next week), went from being at the forefront of collecting donations for a woman in need to being the ones that donations were being collected for as they are in need. https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Community-Support-for-Wilbourn-Fire/286620914702669?sk=wall
Trinity has posted on her blog some before and after pictures of their house. It’s hard to see the devastation and imagine yourself in their shoes. Please keep them in your prayers as they try to rebuild their life and prepare for a new life to enter their family any day now.
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