Wed, 30 Jan 2013 - 1:57 PM CST
Pastor Dennis Noble
of Lake City Assembly sat in the airport on Tuesday afternoon, January 15, his
temperature rising - he was not happy. Two straight times the computer at the
Seattle-Tacoma Airport had inexplicably dropped his name from the passenger
standby list. So now, while other standby passengers who had arrived long after
he did were already in flight or even home, he was still waiting to board a
plane.
Most days, Noble
could have shrugged the incident off - perhaps this was one of those God
opportunities? But today wasn't most days. Inside, he was wrestling with all
kinds of powerful emotions - from pain and heartbreak to anger and maybe even
revenge.
Over the weekend,
late Saturday or early Sunday morning, their church, his church - God's house -
had been violated and desecrated. And frankly, it hurt. Tens of thousands of
dollars of damage had been done to the doors, windows, classrooms, the kitchen
and sanctuary by some contemptible person or people, with hate-filled messages
painted on classroom walls.
It was 6 a.m. Sunday
morning when Noble received the call from the janitor at the church's location
in Medical Lake, Washington, telling him to come right away - someone had
broken in. Directing the janitor to call 9-1-1 and report the crime, Noble
quickly got ready and headed to the church. TV crews almost beat the police to
the scene as an email alerted them about the break in.
When Noble arrived
at the church, the amount of damage was mind numbing. It was clearly evident
the break-in was designed to inflict as much damage as possible on the church.
Doors were kicked in, windows were smashed, computers were destroyed - but as
the tour of the facilities continued, it was discovered very little had
actually been taken.
"The insurance
claim has not been finalized yet," Noble says, "but the damage is
estimated to be somewhere between $50,000 and $100,000."
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