A summer camp for girls shortened due to a deadly disaster star-news.press/wp

The Mystic camp, a Christian girls camp floating on the banks of the Guadalobi River in Texas, was a place for laughter, prayer and adventure just a few days ago.

Among the girls in the camp, the eight-year-old Rene Samsterla was smiling from ear to ear in a picture taken in one of those days-“spending her life time” with her friends.

But the next day, the camp of her and many other little girls turned into one of the most bloody flooding disasters in the last Texas history.

Rene was among those who were killed.

“She will live forever her best life in mystic camp,” wrote her uncle Sean Salta on Facebook.

The images appear alien: two brackets surrounded by mud and reading, tragicly broken summer camp waste.

The destructive personal property is spread through the interior designs, as children have once gathered to study the Bible and the camp’s fire.

At least 59 people – among them the director has long been confirmed in the camp, Richard “Dick” Estland, and many young camps.

Eleven of the camp and one of the missing camp consultant. According to what was reported, many non -perceived girls were in a low cabin less than 500 feet (150 meters) from the river bank.

Stella Thompson, 13, was in a cabin on a higher land in the camp when the storm woke up early on Friday.

When helicopters began to formulate public expenditures, I realized that something was very wrong. In its cabin, the girls learned next to the Guadalobi River in the camp.

“When we got this news, we were all, like hysterical and we prayed a lot,” Stella I told Dallas NBC.

“The entire cabin, like, was truly terrified, but not for ourselves, worried about the other side.”

The scenes described the “horrific” as the survivors of the survivors of the military trucks were evacuated.

“You will see the kayak boats, such as, in the trees … then there were the first respondents in the water pulling, like girls.

“There were huge trees that exploded from the ground, like their roots, and they no longer look like Camp Mitik anymore.”

On Sunday, the rain was flowing when the BBC reached the camp.

The entrance was cordoned out by the police and saved what might be a kind of gate was a park on the ground.

It is expected to make more rain, making rescue efforts more difficult.

After three days of the flood, hope fades and this has become a fast exercise more than just a rescue task.

Camp Mystic has been operated by the same family for generations, providing girls with an opportunity to grow “spiritually” in a “healthy” Christian atmosphere, according to its website.

Families from all parts of Texas, including the political elite, and the United States send their daughters every summer to swim, boat, horse riding and for lifelong friendships.

But the beauty of the Guadalobi River, which attracts a lot to the region, has also proven dead.

The flood water arrived with a little warning, tearing the picturesque river, which includes about 20 youth camp.

Although the Mystic camp has suffered from the biggest losses, officials say the size of the disaster is long.

Nearly, Heart Heart O ‘The Heart O’ Hills also faced floods.

Its participant owner and director Jin Ragsaldale were among the dead. Fortunately, the camp was out of the session at the time.

A statement issued by the camp said: “Most of those who were in the camp at that time were on high land … We are sad about the loss of a woman who affected an endless life and they were a strong and strong definition.”

An unknown number of the other camp in the region was to spend the weekend.

Questions are escalating about the reason for many camps near the river, and why no more was done to evacuate children in time.

Congress member Chib Roy, who represents the area, admitted to destroying him for caution against early blame.

“The response will be,” we must transfer all these camps – why will you have camps here with water? ”

“Well, you have camps next to the water because they are next to the water. You have camps near the river because it is a beautiful and wonderful place.”

Meanwhile, the families of the missing face a painful waiting for the news. Search and rescue teams – which move on a boat, and others are combed through debris – operate around the clock.

Care Sherif Larry La Betha said on Sunday that the search for survivors continued.

“Until we can make them reunite families, we will not stop,” said City director Dalton Rice.

Governor Greg Abbott announced the state of emergency, and officials warn that the final outcome may rise in the coming days.

As for Still Tomson, she finds some condolences in a poem taught by Camp Sophie.

“The bell is not a bell until we see it.

“A song is not a song to sing.

“Love in your heart was not there to stay.

“Love is not love until it abandons it.”