Gallery: Chaplains Ministering After Twin Tornadoes Strike Nebraska

By   •   June 23, 2014

Toni New in Nebraska
Rapid Response Team chaplain Toni New talks with residents of Pilger, Nebraska.
Pilger was devastated by twin tornadoes on June 16.
All of BGEA's chaplains are trained to respond to crises. Here, a chaplain chats with a survivor of the twin tornadoes. The chaplain volunteer network extends through 48 states.
Chaplains and Pilger residents prayed together in a local park.
Up to 75 percent of the town was destroyed by the twin twisters.
Al New, Rapid Response Team deployment manager, lends a listening ear.
The small town of 378 people was left with very little standing.
Al and Toni New pray with locals whose lives were suddenly turned upside down.
A mangled car stands in the rubble as a reminder of how devastating the EF-4 tornado was on June 16.
Al and Toni New pray over one of the residents who almost didn't survive the tornado strike.
The damage was severe with nearly every business destroyed.
Listening to stories of survival in Pilger, Nebraska. The Rapid Response Team has deployed to more than 175 disasters in the past decade. To help support this ministry, visit: http://billygraham.org/donation/rapid-response-team/