Maranatha Village, Sebring, Florida, is “thankful for God’s sustaining protection” not only after Hurricane Ian this fall but also after a hurricane in 2017.
In 2017, “Hurricane Irma visited Maranatha Village with significant destruction,” this retirement community says. “Following the storm, Angel Gonzalez built a lighthouse out of sheet metal debris that stood as a memorial to God’s goodness in preserving us from even greater devastation. This year Hurricane Ian took down that lighthouse. It was not able to withstand the deterioration of time and the force of mighty winds.”
At Maranatha Village, an empty portion of land remains where a lighthouse once stood.
In the ongoing cleanup after Hurricane Ian, volunteers removed the fallen and broken lighthouse, leaving its location near a pond vacant.
“The goodness of God’s sustaining protection is seen in the restful place that has been restored on the shore,” Maranatha Village says.
The lighthouse “is not up anymore, but we are,” Angel says. “We are here. And we are not alone.”
