Can anything good come from a hurricane and having to live in a shelter? For many the answer would probably be a very strong no! However, for Leo Tate, Annie Lee, Donna Mathis and James Nelson Jr. the answer would probably be yes.
Why? The two couples got married in a shelter this past week.
According to the Associated Press
Less than two weeks after surviving Hurricane Katrina, the couples were married at Northside Tri-Ethnic Community Center here Friday night. They are among 205,000 refugees staying in shelters and private housing in Texas."We were thinking how we needed something to rejoice in, something to cry happy tears over," Mathis said. "This is a way to make our lives normal. We can start our lives over, and we'll be together."
The double wedding was arranged in just two days by shelter volunteer Annie Alvarez, who persuaded businesses and individuals to donate everything from bridal gowns and bouquets to wedding night rooms at an upscale Fort Worth hotel.
It is nice to see something good in this as Mathis said, "how we needed something to rejoice in, something to cry happy tears over."
and that's the way I see it! and now for your thoughts...
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Kevin Surbaugh, of Topeka, KS is editor at KevinsView.com and is an ordained minister who spent 2 years with the ministry of Jesus People USA, which runs Conerstone Festival in Western Illinois and operates Grrr Records at its headquaters in Chicago, IL.
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