Yes, We're Safe!

For those of you who don't know, last night, the Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks in the final hockey game of the season to win the Stanley Cup.  This was game 7/7 and played here in Vancouver.  The aftermath of the big loss was insane rioting on the streets of downtown Vancouver, just blocks away from where we live.  Here are some pictures depicting only a portion of the destruction that occurred.

There were several cars overturned and set on fire, some included police cars.

The police tried to hold the people back from the fire scenes to try and stop them from adding new materials into the fire.

This shows some of the destruction done to the mall downtown.  People were grabbing expensive merchandise and running out with hands full.

One thing that was so sad was to see people taking pictures and cheering on the insane behaviors, almost glorifying the hooligans.

And here the city sits with the repercussions from all the madness.  It saddened us so much to see this happen.  We've been hearing that a group of people had planned to riot whether the Canucks won or lost.  "The ones who began the rioting weren't even true hockey fans." said one reporter.  They were just people looking for a time and place to provoke trouble.

The one thing Scott and I have gained from all of this is realizing how desperately this city needs to encounter the one true God of heaven and earth, Jesus Christ.  We are so thankful to be in a place where we can be used for His glory. May God use us to draw people to Himself! Please join us in prayer for this precious city.