Wise County Church Leans on Faith After Death of Athena Strand
was insulated. That sense of safety had now been violated. He said other parents are worried for their children.
“Even though we’ve got several acres and there’s a driveway and fences and gates, ‘I’m going to reconsider letting my kids play outside without somebody older watching,’” Pugh recalls some parents saying recently.“I told him now he’s going to go back to school and a lot of his classmates are going to be sad and they’re not going to know how to feel,” said Erickson. “And I said you just be a friend like Athena was a friend to you. You be a friend to them.
During the search, the Church was a staging area for law enforcement and family. Members said their faith and the strength of the community will carry them forward. Nancy Wheeler lives not far from where Athena went missing. She said Sunday’s message reminded her of something a friend told her during her own time of grief.A candlelight vigil will be held at the church Tuesday evening in honor of Athena.
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