{"id":4970,"date":"2013-12-17T11:18:23","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T16:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/?p=4970"},"modified":"2013-12-19T09:46:59","modified_gmt":"2013-12-19T14:46:59","slug":"4970","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/faithlens\/4970\/","title":{"rendered":"December 22, 2013–You Are Not Alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contributed by Seth Moland Kovash, Palatine, IL<\/p>\n

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Warm-up Question<\/h3>\n

What is the best thing about relationships with family and friends?<\/p>\n

You Are Not Alone<\/h3>\n

A couple and four children were stranded for two days in below-zero weather in the mountains of Nevada recently. Eventually they were found, all safe, staying warm in their overturned Jeep and were brought home. You can read about their ordeal and rescue here: http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/n6724mk<\/a> <\/b>The state\u2019s search-and-rescue coordinator Paul Burke said \u201cThey stayed together and that was the key that allowed them to live through this experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

The family took care of one another, heating rocks in a campfire they were able to make and using the heated rocks to stay warm inside the vehicle. This ingenuity, and sharing one another\u2019s warmth, allowed the couple and the children (ages 3-10) to survive even as temperatures got to 16 below zero.<\/p>\n

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Discussion Questions<\/h3>\n