The Governor of Connecticut says there will be a statewide moment of silence on Friday. It will mark one week since the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary.
Police have not said -- and we may never know -- exactly what motivated the killer.
Two funerals were held Monday for six year olds Jack Pinto and Noah Pozner.
Around Newtown there are makeshift memorials for them and 24 others who died at the hands of the shooter. It's one way folks are dealing with their grief.
Chaplains from North Carolina have been on the ground since Friday. They call the emotions they are seeing "intense."
"Everybody's grief is like a fingerprint...it's different following a situation like this," Jack Munday with the Billy Graham Evangelical Association Response Team said.
Members of the response team are seasoned responders. Some went to Virginia Tech and Aurora, Colorado to deal with the mass shootings there. But they say every situation is unique.
"The fact there were so many children killed it really does raise that level of grief, of fear," Munday said.
When first on the ground, chaplains met with state police officers, fire fighters and medics. Munday calls these folks heroes - ones who saw the unimaginable.
"Too many times they are over looked because they're expected..it's part of their job..in talking with those, particularly the state police..what they saw was so tragic, so horrific that even for the seasoned police officer, this has been very difficult," Munday said.
Chaplains have also been the support for other counselors. They've been visiting nearby schools and speaking with parents who had children at Sandy Hook the day of the shooting. They will continue to be at memorial sites set up throughout the community. Munday says it's unclear how long chaplains from the organization will stay but knows they will at least be there through Christmas. He says the team hopes to help area churches plan for longterm counseling.
And while people across the country may not be directly affected by this tragedy, Munday says these deaths may stir up emotions for people who have lost loved ones - kids especially. For anyone who knows someone like that, he suggests being a really be a good listener.
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