Busy, Busy Weeks....

     So as you can see we survived Hurricane Irene! However between being without internet for a week after the hurricane and starting back to doing school full time, I just haven't had time to update this blog.
     Anyway, I have a story to tell about the hurricane, or rather after it. Late that Saturday night we lost our power and this story is about one of these things ....

(Picture from Google Images)

     The next day obviously was Sunday and our church had power, so we went there. Before the service Dad was joking with one of the elders who, Dad knew, had a generator.. Anyway, Dad asked him if we could come "borrow" his generator, after all he didn't need it right?  The elder laughed and said "No!". He didn't have power either. 

     One of the ladies of our church over heard this conversation and offered Dad their generator for us to use, as they did have power and didn't need it. Dad hadn't really been trying to get one but he thanked her and after church we stopped by her house.

     When got we got there we told her that we wanted to take the generator to our associate pastor's house, instead. They had lost power early in the day on Saturday and because they had just had a baby, they had not prepared for the storm at all. While we loaded the generator into the back of our van, she went inside. Just before we left she came back out and told us that she had called her son and he had a generator WE could use! 

     

    So after we dropped the first generator off, we went to pick up the second. On the way back we saw  my Aunt and Uncle driving back to their house, so we followed them. Thankfully the only damage they had was several large trees across their driveway, unlike Isabel when they had a bit more damage... They also didn't have power which meant their well wouldn't work, so they had been in town getting some water. My brothers helped carry the buckets up the long driveway to the house, and the rest of us helped with some clean up.

    By the time we got home it was early evening.... and we had a nice surprise waiting for us. The power was back on!!! :) I'm still not sure how because there were lots of trees and lines down near our house. In fact, because of all that mess, we only had one way in and out of our neighborhood. (We usually have 3 or 4.)

      Anyway, God worked it out for the best. Because of getting the generators we got to: 1) Meet the associate pastor's new, cute baby girl  and  2) Help my Aunt and Uncle out, who as it turned out, kind of needed it.

      There is a sad part to this story. The next day my Uncle ended up in the ER for what at first the doctor's thought was double pneumonia, but what turned out to be lung cancer. They gave him 2-3 months to live and sent him home. He didn't make even two weeks and we just had his funeral on Wednesday.... 

     ((Sigh)) Life is not always that easy but I've just got to remind myself that God is in control and He knows what He's doing.