Bøger af Sandi J. McReynolds

Jaxon James Morris II is a very angry man. At first, relocating his family to Southwest Missouri had seemed just what they needed. Then their safe little world had been shattered by the deadly EF5 tornado that roared through their new home town. He'd been trapped and helpless, able only to watch in horror as it all came crashing down on them. Now his children's insistence that "butterfly guys" came to save them only fuels his fury. Now his wife and kids are gone, terrified of the consuming rage he can't control. Now Jax is terrified, too. Will his shattered leg ever heal? What if he's never able to walk again? Has the monster that took everything they owned taken everything he loves as well? Now he just exists in an isolated FEMA trailer, haunted by the desolation of disconnected electrical standpipes and no-longer-needed storm shelters. Then strangers come knocking at his door, and God sets in motion events that will change his life in ways he never could have imagined. Standpipes & Storm Shelters is "the rest of the story" of Butterflies at the Window. This is the account of the Morris family, still struggling to find hope after most victims of the Joplin Tornado have found homes and jobs and healing. This is the on-going saga of the McConnell's commitment to use all that happened to them to bless others. But most of all, this is the testimony of God's faithful pursuit of those He loves, even when they don't want to know Who He is.

The date is May 22, 2011. Elly's "very good" graduation day becomes even better when three enormous butterflies appear at her bedroom window; incredibly beautiful, almost other-worldly in their splendor. Her first thought is, "Thank You, Jesus! You know how I love butterflies." But when Elly, then her mother, then other members of the McConnell clan begin to see them in the most unlikely places, their presence begins to feel strangely ominous. And when they appear to be watching the family's every move, it's hard to avoid a growing sense of foreboding. On this perfect spring Sunday, when families across southwest Missouri are celebrating their high school graduations, could these exquisite creatures actually be harbingers of looming tragedy? Then a rare and massive EF5 tornado unexpectedly turns that bright day in May dark and deadly. As the storm of the century bears down, can the McConnell family survive? And in the midst of unspeakable terror and devastation, why are so many children of the tornado seeing butterfly people? Sandi McReynolds is a life-long resident of Southwest Missouri who found herself intrigued by the butterfly people stories that abounded after the monstrous Joplin Tornado of May, 2011; and more than inspired by the generosity and faith of her community. "Butterflies at the Window" is a novel recounting some of those stories based on true and very personal events involving family and friends.