DALLAS — Communities across the state are coming together to remember the victims and offer support to one another as Texans continue to process the loss from the floods.

The deadly flooding in the Hill Country, which has left over 100 people dead and many more missing, hit close to home for members of the Royal Lane Baptist Church. The church hosted a vigil Wednesday night, and in the midst of tragedy, offered a message of hope.

One of the people who attended the vigil was 13-year-old Claire Keith, who was in Kerrville on the morning of July 4.

“It’s very sad that that happened,” Claire said.

Claire was attending Camp Honey Creek for Girls in Kerr County, when floodwaters swept through the region. At nearby Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer camp, the flooding killed at least 27 campers and counselors and some are still missing.

“It was very scary knowing that… Thankfully, we were on higher hills,” Claire said.

Claire joined her family and other members of Royal Lane Baptist Church in North Dallas for a vigil Wednesday evening—a show of support during the unimaginable.

“We were especially touched, because we were immediately impacted,” Phil Keith, Claire’s father, said. “It was important for us to come out and pray, and our hearts are all with those families who lost loved ones.”

Fellow church member Matt Powers says his daughter was also at a nearby camp during the storm.

“It was just a shock knowing how close we were to the same fate,” Powers said.

All who attended the vigil reflected on the lives lost and the families they left behind.

“Sometimes we don’t know what to do except show up. And you showed up,” Beth Johnson, minister of families, told the audience.

“Grief is a hard thing to hold, but it’s easier when we hold it together,” said Rev. Victoria Robb-Powers.

Attendees tied green ribbons around trees in an act of remembrance and shared messages of hope.

“Stay close to family and friends… That will comfort you during this time of grieving,” Claire said.

“My biggest prayer is that God would be a source of comfort and that God would mobilize us as people to be the hands and feet of Jesus,” Robb-Powers said.

A source of strength for the days to come.