Roger Kilcrease has been blessed this week in more ways than one. Monday afternoon, while we were moving piles of debri with the excavator, I looked down and noticed an old, muddy looking bank bag. I assumed by the looks of it that it was probably just garbage, but I hopped of the excavator anyways and took a look. Inside we found $620.00 in deposits for a local bank here in Enterprise! The depositor was Enterprise meat market, and the deposit was scheduled to go to the bank on the 1st of March. That was the day the tornado hit. After we told a few people about the find, one of the volunteer's from Ft. Rucker was able the track down the name and number of the rightful owner, Roger Kilcrease. I gave Roger a call on my phone, and I am here to testify that he was one happy camper. We delivered his money the next morning to him at what use to be his meat market on the corner of Dixie road and Hwy 27. In the pictures above you can see Roger standing in front of his old store.
Roger was in the building when the tornado hit, and seeing that alone, we just had to hear his story. We couldn't believe anybody could have crawled out of that destruction. Roger said that his business partner came by earlier in the day, and told Roger he was going to head over to the bank to drop off the deposit. Roger told him not to worry because he was heading over there just as soon as he was finished with his lunch. His partner left and Roger placed the deposit bag next to the cash register. He then looked outside and thought to himself, "man it's getting dark out there". A few minutes later he heard the tornado coming. Roger told us that he ran to the bathroom but he heard a voice saying "no, not there!" He then ran into the office and he heard the voice again say " no, not there!" So he ran into the back of the store and crouched down next to a wall. In the picture above Roger is pointing to where he was taking refuge. When the tornado passed he crawled out of the rubble only to find that his store was gone, including the bathroom and office. If you look close enough in the picture you will see that the only wall left standing is the one he was hiding behind. Roger told us that people keep hearing his story and telling him how lucky he is. Roger's reply is "luck had nothing to do with it. I was truly blessed." We will continue to help Roger and serve his needs. Please keep the Kilcrease family and their business in your prayers.
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This reminds us of the words of Isaiah in Isaiah 30:21, "Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, 'This is the way; walk in it'."
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