Chiefs owner Clark Hunt’s family suffered a tragic loss within the devastating flooding in Texas over the weekend.
Janie Hunt, a young cousin within the family, was one among the Camp Mystic campers who died within the incident.
She was just 9 years old.
“Our hearts are broken by the devastation from the floods in Wimberley and the tragic lack of so many lives — including a precious little Hunt cousin, together with several friend’s little girls,” Tavia Hunt, Clark’s wife, wrote on Instagram. “How will we trust a God who’s presupposed to be good, all knowing and all powerful, but who allows such terrible things to occur — even to children?
“That could be a sacred and tender query — and one the Bible doesn’t shrink back from. Scripture is crammed with the cries of those whose hearts have been shattered, who still wrestle to trust the identical God they imagine allowed the pain.”
Janie was the great-granddaughter of the late billionaire William Herbert Hunt, who was the brother of the late Chiefs founder Lamar Hunt.
Lamar Hunt was Clark Hunt’s father.
The death toll has reached 70 after massive rains within the Texas Hill Country led to the Guadalupe River flooding.
It was Janie Hunt’s first time attending the all-girls camp.
Five girls, together with the camp’s director, are among the many deaths while at the least 11 are missing.
“In case your heart is broken, I assure you God is near,” Tavia Hunt wrote. “He’s gentle together with your wounds. And He continues to be worthy—even when your soul is struggling to imagine it. Trust doesn’t mean you’re over the pain; it means you’re handing it to the one One who can hold it with love and restore what was lost. For we don’t grieve as those without hope.”
