Well, first let me say that all my family fared pretty well in the storm. The Houston folks (uncles and grandpa) didn't flood and didn't have any trees fall in on their houses...but are w/o electricity (who isn't down there?) and have lots of debris clean-up. My uncle who burned his hands was still in a fair bit of pain and they were going to head to the doctors house to get him to check on them and get more pain medication...keep praying he continues to remain infection free which is a danger with burns. (Some were as serious as 3rd degree)
My older brother who lives in middle East Texas and works at a camp weathered the storm at the camp's chapel. Lots of trees came down, including one that took out his deck...but praise God! not the house. (there are LOTS of trees around his house)
Our friends in La Porte had no flooding but did have a tree fall down on one corner of their house, affecting a bedroom. The back window of the car they used to evacuate also took a hit. They too are without electricity and lost many trees as well as all their fencing.
I haven't heard that any of our Longview folk took any bad hits, so I'm counting no new as good news. I know that a fair bit of people are still without electricity.
Also, we made some progress unpacking boxes this weekend, and found that we still have lots of books and duplicates. We'll need to start going through the shelves and pulling some for goodwill or friends. We have a bit of shelving that still needs to go up and I'm itching to start hanging stuff on the walls.....blank walls bother me. It's never felt right until I get pictures hung up. We have enough done that I might brave a few pix to put online.
Oh, and I don't think I ever mentioned I now have the occasional tutoring job on the side. Homework support and ACT prep at a local educational center. and I've started back with BSF up here for "Life of Moses" and we'll be helping out at AWANAs at our church starting Wednesday!
Posted by Anna at September 14, 2008 09:03 PM | TrackBack