“This could be it:” Colorado Springs-based missionary and pastor present during April Iran attack
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - A Colorado Springs-based missionary and pastor was in Israel during Iran's April attack on Israel. Thankfully, he and his wife were not hurt in the attack and will stay in the country until at least late May, when they will travel closer to the border of Gaza.
"We started hearing this, like boom, boom, boom," Mark Tedder, a Colorado Springs-based Missionary and Pastor said. "Like you could feel the ground move up and it felt like mortar fire."
Tedder says that his family asked him and his wife to leave the country after the attack happened. Multiple people in their group decided to leave but they refused, staying on the mission they went there for.
"We're not that kind of people. Like if we go someplace, we're going to finish the mission. We're going to accomplish the task that we've been sent to do," Tedder said.
That decision to stay ultimately opened doors for Tedder, who says he's gotten to sit with Holocaust survivors, members of the Israeli Defensive Force, and families trying to recover from the trauma.
"Since April 14, when the rockets were flying overhead, we've had a lot more invitations to play music at different venues just because people need to escape the reality of where they're living and what they're living under," Tedder said.
