Rebuild Home and Farm for Missouri Family

My name is Kalee and I am helping a dear friend and here is their story.

On April 2, 2025 their lives changed forever in the small town of Nevada Missouri. Most of the community knows Alexis VanRaden knows her by her honey business “Nothing but Nectar”. Their farm suffered a tremendous loss when a tornado struck through their home lifting it 8” off of the foundation and making it unlivable. Trees went through the roof and power lines went down throughout the yard, everything in the yard suffered from the tornado.

The children were safe at school and they were saved by a friend who called them and told them the tornado was heading straight toward them and alerted them to get out of their home. They never heard the sirens go off and the phones didn’t alert them until it was almost too late.

God worked a miracle through the storm saving most of the animals lives with minimal injury. They have since relocated the animals until they can rebuild the fences and pens and bring them home safely. They lost all of the feed, grain, shelters and chicken coop and all of the bees. They have damage to their vehicles, storage equipment for the chicks and bees, not only losing their home but thousands in equipment.

The family had to call their home a total loss. Insurance cancelled on them as soon as the loan was paid off. It was a century farm and was one that meant a lot to the whole family. Without any sort of insurance coverage they will have to start from scratch completely out of pocket.

Even through one of the tragedy of losing their home they are still grateful their family and animals are safe and have been checking on their community through it all. Truly anything will help to get them back on their feet and thank you for taking this time to read their story.

updates: “So many prayers have been answered. Our community and the surrounding communities have been amazing because of that some big hurdles have been jumped and we’re able to lower the amount needed to rebuild”.