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A teacher\u2019s supposed to have the answers. I can teach my fourth graders the state capitals and how to write cursive; I can list all the books in C. S. Lewis\u2019s Chronicles of Narnia<\/em> series.<\/p>\n

But I can\u2019t explain why some children died in the tornado that hit our school last May and the ones with me survived. All I can tell you is that the tragedy doesn\u2019t mean God was absent.<\/p>\n

My colleagues and I went back three weeks later to see the devastation where Plaza Towers Elementary once stood. Most of the debris had been hauled away. We brought chalk and Sharpies to write on the remaining rubble, a way to say goodbye. I stepped over concrete blocks to where my classroom had been.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best class ever,\u201d I scrawled on the dusty linoleum. My first class, my first full year of teaching. I never imagined it ending like this. From here I could see the path we\u2019d taken, down the hall and into the bathroom, our shelter from the storm. I remembered everything.<\/p>\n

The Sunday before the storm, I was in our living room, getting things together for school. Tornado warnings had run on TV all weekend. They\u2019re a fact of life here in Oklahoma, and our school frequently ran tornado drills. But I had never been in a twister\u2019s path. The thought terrified me.<\/p>\n

I was trained to teach and respond to a disaster, but was I ready? Every weather update increased my anxiety. Lives were in my hands. What if I faltered under pressure when my students needed me most?<\/p>\n

I was putting away some manila folders when it happened. I looked up, and the living room wall seemed to melt away. In its place was an image of destruction. I could see myself walking in debris: wood, dirt, glass, bricks.<\/p>\n

I closed my eyes, wishing the vision away. I opened them. It was still there. The disaster had come. And I wasn\u2019t brave, I was completely paralyzed.<\/p>\n

I called to my husband. \u201cPreston, come here!\u201d He came running. I rubbed my eyes; the image vanished. \u201cSomething bad is going to happen,\u201d I told him, hardly able to breathe. And I was powerless to stop it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should pray about it,\u201d Preston said.<\/p>\n

All at once, Psalm 91 came to mind. In my Bible study, we\u2019d been analyzing it. \u201cHe will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you will find refuge….\u201d<\/p>\n

Pinions, we\u2019d learned, were the strongest feathers in a bird\u2019s wing, able to withstand the most pressure without breaking. The psalm wasn\u2019t just about protection… it was about making us strong in the face of danger. That\u2019s what I needed. Preston and I prayed, and I felt my courage rising.<\/p>\n

Monday at school started out quiet, but the tornado warnings persisted. In the afternoon, I gathered my children around me to read C. S. Lewis\u2019s The Magician\u2019s Nephew,<\/em> but didn\u2019t get far.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll teachers and students, please seek safety immediately,\u201d our principal announced over the intercom. \u201cTornado drill.\u201d The sky was dark, lightning flashed, thunder roared, hail pelted the roof. In the distance, sirens wailed.<\/p>\n

This is no drill.<\/em> I felt the panic, the paralysis creep in. But I remembered I had to draw on God\u2019s strength. \u201cFollow me, students,\u201d I said to my class. I led them into the hall, just as we\u2019d drilled.<\/p>\n

The other teachers and I debated whether to take an additional step\u2014cramming into the bathrooms, which at least were away from the windows. I spoke up, as did some others. \u201cLet\u2019s go.\u201d Forty of us crowded in. Some crawled under sinks, some huddled in stalls.<\/p>\n

The approaching tornado was deafening. The ground shook. The power flickered, and the light streaming in from the hallway faded. The air smelled dank, rotten.<\/p>\n

My phone rang. Preston! I held it to my ear. \u201cNikki,\u201d he said, \u201cI love you.\u201d \u201cI love you too,\u201d I shouted back. The line went dead. Then the power went out completely.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

My fear was so great I couldn\u2019t think of what to do. Then those words from Psalm 91 came to me, the lines I\u2019d prayed with Preston. \u201cCrouch down,\u201d I urged the children. \u201cBackpacks and books over your heads. Fold your legs under you. Keep your backs to the wall.\u201d<\/p>\n

I sank down by the doorway. One girl started crying. I threw my arms around her.<\/p>\n

I prayed, calling out to the screaming winds, \u201cHe will cover you with his pinions, and under his wings you shall find refuge….\u201d Others prayed too.<\/p>\n

The air pressure plummeted. Walls crashed, the roof lifted up, pipes broke, shards of metal and concrete flew. The wind sucked the air out of my lungs. I kept praying. Then I felt a hand against my back. Someone comforting me. I glanced up. No one was there. I shut my eyes again.<\/p>\n

The hail stopped, the whipping winds ceased. The next time I looked up, there was nothing but sky above us. I peered out the doorway. The hall wasn\u2019t there anymore.<\/p>\n

We stepped carefully over the concrete blocks and bricks. First responders guided us out, holding our hands. I looked over the debris. Fallen beams, rain-soaked insulation, shattered glass. Devastation no one could have been prepared for.<\/p>\n

Yet I\u2019d seen it before, that Sunday. Everything, the awesome destruction, laid out before me. I had been ready. When the tornado came, I\u2019d done what I thought I couldn\u2019t\u2014what I needed to do.<\/p>\n

I wanted to thank God for that. So I\u2019d come back, weeks after the disaster, Sharpie in hand. I walked through the rubble to the bathroom.<\/p>\n

I knew what I wanted to write, what I had to say. The only answer I had found amid all the unanswerable questions. But the words were already written there by someone else. \u201cUnder his wings you shall find refuge….\u201d<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know why terrible things happen. But I know how we get through them. We are covered by pinions, the strongest feathers, ready to face whatever comes next.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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