Looking back, April 12th marks the one year anniversary of the tornadoes that ravaged Grace Academy.

Looking back, April 12th marks the one year anniversary of the tornadoes that ravaged Grace Academy.

Community day.

We are on some of the tornadoes that the tennessee valley just one year and go right back to me.

They are continuing their rebuilding process and joining us now is not your i could be with you.

Thank you for joining us this evening tell you a little bit ago.

Patient ... well, we certainly will go to exactly what you just said one word devastation all across that east brainerd neighborhood while it was terrible and i is in the middle of the night from your new station and others in.

You know it was it was pretty difficult process, but god we begin to realize very quickly that there was an opportunity here in the midst of the storm ... absolutely no damage.

I there a lot of the buildings were destroyed.

What were your thoughts want their on the campus next morning exactly the entire campus was destroyed and so the field so with debris fro all buildings 15 of the 17 buildings were such disrepair that they were deemed a parable that we could not restore the ground and so on basically one small residence on that we use for missionaries on on furlough, i was able to be restored and our children's center is actually now completely restored.

I was able to be remodeled and it is your new facility.

I see zero 7050 joe wrote serving children from this right after four years old and and all that was left by way of actual construction on the campus.

Well, i know that you're in the rebuilding process right now will get me yes we got the site work that's been going on for a couple weeks now and it's pretty credible to see the eart moving the big pieces of equipment out there by doing the underground infrastructure setting up for the actual building construction which should begin to see some structures going up on starting a foundation course in just a month or two ... and course roland keyboard and see something like that, and about around.

I'm sure you are looking for to most first dates will be on campus are hoping in 2020 first dates will be on campus are hoping in 2022.

When you're looking ... well, we are not sure of the process a whole lot of that anticipation, specifically abou moment and always tell you that we as much as were excited about the future i were not sacrificing the immediate on the altar of the future will say and my good friend wescott and talk with me about that.

Our recommendation is that was where word action right now in our mission to the student that we have and we are not going to just sit around dreaming all the time now.

I'm on my eye about that beautiful facility walking in their car aligned with with parents pulling up on that the party line there looking up thi gorgeous facility, and the students coming in to shore i can reflect on that a lot.

We are right now is action.

Why did person with our students and we love ... i'm so glad.

Also, there would like to be part of the unit having ... yeah, we've been having people knock on our door as we say of prospective families who would like to join our student body and it's actually been happenin this tired school year.

I believe 80 during this year and i were probably looking to add as much is that in this coming year that politics is great for 20 cannot believe it, and one year ago ... thank you very much.

Thanks for a is reflecting with us today and i think back to all areas that started with you in that sense with that tornado in and out.

God is good.

I will be moving forward again for joining you more information on our