As of this moment, less than an hour since the initial attack, there is a report of two fatalities and thirteen wounded. I just spoke minutes ago to Beth, Rachel Joy Scott s mother. She hadn t heard the news yet. You can imagine how this made her feel. We relive Columbine all over again.
Prayer is our only refuge in the howling storm of renewed pain and sorrow.
I got home late last evening after conducting nine meetings in Freeport, Illinois. I spoke at a community-wide meeting, introduced by the Mayor, who openly wept after first hearing my message about Columbine. Last Friday I conducted three assemblies at a local High School to several thousand students. On Saturday, I spoke to the statewide convention of the Illinois Ambulance association telling our story, and trying to encourage them to prepare for such a tragedy in their own community. On Sunday I spoke in three church services at Park Hills Evangelical Free Church in Freeport.