Our House Stands

Good news, bad news. My brother, sister-in-law and family are fine--thank you, Father! On a sadder note, his 2 story house didn't make it. The bottom floor ended up in his neighbor's yard, and the top floor is where the first floor would have been. Please be in prayer for them.

My sister-in-law, Penny, drove by our house and my parent's house and everything on the outside was fine. She was not able to go inside and look, but our house IS standing--thank you again, Father, for your blessings of keeping us safe.

Our next step is to go down there, but we're not sure of when that will be of when they will let us in the city. We are just waiting word. When we know anything, we will keep you posted, via the blog.

Thank you for all your many prayers--we covet them. We do ask that you pray we find what to do now as far as where to go from there. We went to Biloxi in mind that we would benefit from the beach, tourism, and air force base. So we are not going to be able to stay.

Thanks again.
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Running from the hurricane PART 2

Just to let everyone know that we have arrived safely to our destination--Robby's parent's house in West Monroe, LA. We got in about 5:00p.m. Sunday evening and without hardly any problems. We had bumper to bumper traffic for about an hour as we headed up the northern side of Hattisburg. I-20 wasn't too bad--a few spots where we slowed down, but that didn't last long at all.

We got as much up off our floors as much as we could. Luckily we were not able to get a whole lot of boxes unpacked (except for the kitchen). So all the things we had we were able to get them up off the ground with our work tables. Of course, with the way it is sounding that that won't help with a roof ripped off, but we did what we could.

The kids seemed a little puzzled as I handed them their "flotation devices" (beach inner tubes, etc... I told them to blow them up in case the water came in before we were ready to leave. Their look was priceless! I got plenty of pictures, but did not bring our cord for the camera to load on the computer (one of the umpteen things we will have forgotten).

We didn't miss a birthday celebration like we thought we would have. Robby's dad, is well, as he says older than dirt. I'm not sure on the age, but he doesn't look a year over 70--haha!


I can't even remember the name of the last hurricane that ran us out, but I can assure you that we won't forget Katrina. Thanks for your prayers! We love and miss everyone!

Playing cowboy and pirates! 

Ian and Morgan 

Wow, what fun! 

A day at the beach! 

I love my job! :) 

Our dear friends, The Scotts. Come see us! 

Gabby cleaning those hard to reach spaces! 

Some big helpers--making sure we got everything out of the cabinets! This is Morgan's friend, Elisabeth. 

This was the night of our move from Tyler. It was about 11:00 pm, and my friend Kari was doing an excellent job of keeping the kids happy. Here they were playing "Mother May I." Thank you Kari! I miss you! 

Caelin and his friend, Nathaniel. We miss you guys! 

Ian and his best friend, Dietrich. 

Anna and Gabby on saying their good-byes in Tyler. We'll miss you Anna!