Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Good-bye Dolly

I think it ended up being a full week without electricity for Mom and Dad. The good news is they were able to come up to Houston for half of that. We benefited from their company and their refrigerator (plus, some lovely dinners out). The bad news is now they have to deal with the after-Dolly clean up and repairs. They lost a lot of shingles and have water damage in the master bedroom from the ceiling caving in (lost shingles + horizontal rain = lots of water getting in). After they deal with all that, they can more clearly assess the rest of the house. Both of them were safe and unscathed, PTL. The cat is grumpy from having to travel to Houston, but we think she's ok, too.

Would love to have some comments here from friends in Reno who are dealing with some natural disasters as well. Everyone riding out those earthquakes ok?

I know it's all part of God's plan, but these kind of things are pretty scary. It does bring up a lot of those why-type questions, which tends to get me back into reading my Bible a little more, so there's the positive spin. It also allows for believers to step up and put their faith into action - reaching out and helping people who are suffering, showing them the love of Christ. That's what it's all about, isn't it?

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