Thank you from the Ober family
To the Editor;
All glory to God in the highest. We are so grateful for all of your support. Dover-Foxcroft is the greatest little community in America and God’s hand of blessing has been so strikingly obvious over the last few weeks. We are so happy that God guided Tysen to return to his hometown and raise a family here. Only a loving, and compassionate God could work a great tragedy like what our family recently experienced into a powerful testimony of his grace, mercy, steadfastness, and sacrifice.
Many folks reading this know that we lost our home and our two wonderful pups, Alfredo and Vanilla, on Nov. 19. Many of you may have been witnesses, firefighters, bystanders, or well-wishers. No matter how you were a part of this, we have found it to be good. This fire has revealed soft, caring hearts in a community that we didn’t know was so vast and so tight-knit in the face of adversity. No one ever expects to look at the security camera on their phone and see their front porch engulfed in flames. Even less expected is the complete deluge of support that follows this loss. We did not know how much we were loved until that day. We want you all to know how much we love you back.
Matthew 22:36-39 says, “Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?” Jesus replied: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.”
We strive for this daily, and it has never been more poignant in our lives than in this time. God works for the good of those who love him. Whether any of you know it or not, you have been doing his will in your treatment of the Ober family. Anyone who has two shirts should give to the one who has none, anyone with food should do the same. We thank you all for knowingly (or unknowingly) following Christ’s teaching and performing godly works, and that is the heart of God; to care for those who love him. Thank you all a million times over.
The Ober family, Tysen, Amanda, Elliot, Walter, Zebedee
Dover-Foxcroft