...At Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, 39 flights were canceled this morning based on planes being out of place last night, but operations are running normally otherwise, a spokesman said. On Friday night, 126 flights were canceled....
...The steeple that beckoned sinners and believers to Valley Missionary Baptist Church since 1951 now rests in a nearby lake, stripped of its cross but still pointed heavenward.
Between the church and the water, saffron and burgundy colored choir robes are strewn across a grassy embankment and a chandelier that once lit the sanctuary, hangs from the broken branches of a once-stately tree. Despite the loss of his church Pastor James Redd, who gathered with a handful of the church’s 100 members Saturday, called the tornado “a blessing.”
“The chief carpenter has spoken,” he said. “We’ve been talking about remodeling and this is remodeling time.”
His wife, Guenda, said although church members had wanted to refurbish the sanctuary, they had not been able to decide just where to start. Friday’s tornado renders such a decision moot....
