Letters

To the editor:
We would like to thank all the business and individuals that donated water, money and other items to be taken to the tornado victims in Alabama.
We arrived in Alabama on Sunday night, dropped the truck and unloaded it early Monday morning. They took down 250 cases of water, 18 cases of canned goods, several cases of diapers, baby wipes, sanitary gloves and baby formula.
After unloading the truck, we volunteered at one of the areas.

To the editor:
In a speech to Farm Bureau recently, Congressman Ben Chandler stated that debt “is one of the great issues of our day. It has gotten worse for a number of reasons. I could go into a laundry list of those reasons,” but avoided doing so.
The laundry list, however, is being lived out by Chandler, even though he refused to speak about it. Chandler has lately been omnipresent, visiting libraries, passing out flags and appearing on TV warning of the dangers of using credit cards online, and telling people to take CPR lessons.

To the editor:
The Lord’s will, and our purpose in it, is often hidden from us due to our own intellect.
For many years I couldn’t wrap my head around this faith thing. Him working through me now, and giving me wisdom, I realize that my intellect was in the way of his purpose.
Total surrender is ultimately necessary in order to receive his blessings, and to carry out his will for others to receive it.

To the editor:
In these hard economic times, many businesses find they have a shortage of customers. Not so at the Open Hands Community Food Pantry. We are serving an additional 60 percent more clients than we did one year ago.
In fact, with the growing needs of Anderson County, we moved to a new building in 2010 and we’re planning to expand our services beyond the provision of food. Our larger facility will allow us to meet additional needs in the community, such as a medical clinic and soup kitchen.
These are just a few of our communities needs.