Rebuilding With Help from Basketball

As I was thinking about what to blog about next, there were several things to talk about. But as I was looking on Facebook, I saw that a friend of mine posted a link to an article on ESPN.com. It was a story about my alma mater, Union University. I don't think I have to say what happened there last week, it was all over the news.

But this article was about the Lady Bulldogs, the basketball team. The team is a perennial championship contending team. This year they are undefeated so far and ranked #1 in the nation in the NAIA (they are like the NCAA but made up of smaller schools). It talked about how the team, like the entire campus was affected by the tornado that hit the campus. It shared about the cleanup and rebuilding taking place. It also talked about a game that was played against Cumberland University on this past Monday (the 11th) at a local high school. Union won the game and continue their undefeated run. And then the next day, on a day off for the team, they went to help volunteer on campus with cleanup.

There are so many stories that have come out in the wake of this event. The one theme that sticks with me is that God provides and blesses in the midst of tragedy. There will be a long process of rebuilding, both physically with buildings and emotionally in the lives of students and faculty/staff. But it's in such things like basketball where some of those steps take place. It gives people a chance to have fun for a few hours and not worry about struggles of life. I'm take joy in being a graduate of an institution like Union and this story is just another example of that.

If you want to read the article yourself, here is the link: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=darcy/080215

Also, if you would like to give to the Union University Disaster Relief Fund, here's the link to that:
https://www.uu.edu/Union2010/giving/contribute.htm