Several hundred people gathered for a worship ceremony at a high school stadium in Texas last week to remember the at least 120 people who died in the catastrophic flash floods over the July Fourth holiday, as well the many still missing.
Wyatt Wentrcek, a local youth minister, told the crowd “Our communities were struck with tragedy literally in the darkness.”
During a series of prayers for the victims and the more than 170 people still believed to be missing, people in the crowd clutched one another and brushed away tears.
Many attendees wore blue shirts with the school’s slogan, “Tivy Fight Never Die,” or green ribbons for Camp Mystic, the century-old all-girls Christian summer camp where at least 27 campers and counselors died. Officials said five campers and one counselor have still not been found.
Meanwhile, relief efforts continue. Within hours of the historic Fourth of July flooding, Convoy of Hope sprang into action, coordinating with local churches, mobilizing volunteers and loading multiple tractor trailers with needed relief supplies.
By Saturday afternoon, the first of many semi-trucks rolled into the communities impacted by the flooding distributing food, water, hygiene supplies, baby kits and cleaning kits to people in need.