[Jody M]

Earlier Thursday, a man whose wife is now one of the four confirmed fatalities and his two daughters had been painfully optimistic that their wife and mother was alive.

Ronald Engebretsen, 57, was searching for his wife, Sherry. His daughter last heard from her when she left work in downtown Minneapolis Wednesday. Her cell phone has picked up with voice mail ever since.

"We are left with the hope that there is a Jane Doe in a hospital somewhere that's her," Engebretsen said.

Daughter Jessica said, ""I haven't eaten, I haven't slept, it's just, you can't even explain the feeling."

""It's just kinda surreal, but we gotta stick together and be a family," said Sherry's other daughter, Anne. "That's what she'd want us to do.

"My mom's a fighter. She'll make it," Anne said. "She's a strong woman. She's gonna come back home. She's gonna be home."

Both daughters were adopted from Colombia when they were babies. "I think we are two of the luckiest girls in the nation right now because our parents are wonderful people," Anne said.

"Just please pray, that's all we can ask for," said Jessica. "Just hoping, just be positive and everything will be OK."

Ron said that Sherry took an atypical route home. She usually avoided 35W because of the construction. "And that decision was hers, a decision we all support," he said. "I traveled that bridge for 35 years going into Minneapolis. You have certain feelings about that bridge."

[kakuehl]

They are in my prayers

[Jody M]

Dear Heavenly Father, We lift up Jessica and Anne, adoptee sisters and their dear father Ron at this time of intense grief and loss. Hold them in your tender arms of comfort and grace and blanket them in your peace that passeth all understanding. Be everpresent to them and may they feel your loving presence and the power of prayers surrounding them. Be their strength and strong tower and shower them with an outpouring of love and care from their family, their community and their church. Hold them in your loving embrace as you weep with them. Strengthen their faith, give them hope and remind them of your promises to them because they love and trust you. Amen ( Psalm 23 )
The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name' sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: For thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou annointest my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.

[longingtomeetyou]

Originally Posted by Jody M

Dear Heavenly Father, We lift up Jessica and Anne, adoptee sisters and their dear father Ron at this time of intense grief and loss. Hold them in your tender arms of comfort and grace and blanket them in your peace that passeth all understanding. Be everpresent to them and may they feel your loving presence and the power of prayers surrounding them. Be their strength and strong tower and shower them with an outpouring of love and care from their family, their community and their church. Hold them in your loving embrace as you weep with them. Strengthen their faith, give them hope and remind them of your promises to them because they love and trust you. Amen ( Psalm 23 )
The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul:
He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name' sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: For thou art with me;
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou annointest my head with oil;
My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the House of the Lord forever.

yes Jesus....bring comfort at this time...wrap your arms of love around them

[mrsred]

Prayers going up for these, and all the grieving loved ones that lost family and friends in this disaster. also prayers of healing for all those injured.