The Dust Has Settled, the power's back on!

We made it thru!! That hurricane (Katrina) was pretty crazy! On thursday, when it was blowing in, my brother and I were out driving around in it! It was wild and AWESOME! well, I can say that because no trees or street lights hit our car... compliments to the blood of Jesus. But there were street lights and trees and power lines falling down everywhere. But my brother and I had to get a birthday gift for my dad. We wanted to go to the Christian book store, but it was just closing up when we got there. So we went to Walgreens(drugstore), the only place still with power. However after we were there for about 5 mins the lights started flickerig there, so my brother and I quickly got my dad a crossword puzzle book and some candy he likes and a card. Not exactly a nice personal christian book, but it served the purpose in our situation. On thye way home from the store we felt like we were in "downtown Bagdad"... the real one... in the middle of a war! We litterally spent three quarters of our drive home either in the ditch driving around a tree, in the left lane driving around a car accident or a down power line, or stopped completely because of heavy rain. It was the worst thing I've ever driven in in my life! We got home safely though, just in time for our own power to go out. We spent the rest of the night eating pot roast (cooked on the barbeque) and playing card games by candlelight, well, flashlight. Let me tell you, that was the hottest night of my life thus far! lol! that just struck me kinda funny... what a loser!... no no, anyway... What I mean is that the temperature was rediculous, because we didn't have any air conditioning. It's really funny because when the power went out I was thinking (like a true Canadian) that at least we won't have to worry about freezing to death... It didn't even cross my mind that we might fry in our sleep!! The next day we felt like we were in a forest... no roads to be seen. We realised that they still somehow had power in the Park Models up by the office... so we stayed in one of them for the rest of the weekend. It was actually really nice. There were no trees above us, so we all slept pretty soundly. I think God is amazing, because our house is directly underneath three or four huge trees that are just the same type as the ones falling down all over miami... and not even a branch fell on our house! That has got to be Gods hand. And He provided us with a house to live in with power, fully furnished, for the whole weekend! I saw some people on the news who had to evacuate into crowded Gyms or stay home and just deal with the heat! They had to drive around in their cars (with very little gas) just so that they could get a few minutes of AC. Our family is very blessed... Jesus you desirve ALL MY PRAISE!!