I can't describe to you the feelings of the past few days....maybe in a few words i could describe them like the following:
trust, fear with peace, love for and from family and friends, anticipation/waiting, indescribable awe and thankfulness.
Thank you all so much for your prayers the past few days as we have had extremely dangerous fires threatening our homes and ranch for abandoned kids. For those who don't know, we had to evacuate all women and kids monday night overnight because of how dangerous the fire was. We came back tuesday, only to have another big fire threaten us tuesday night. We all stayed here that time, though. Many of us prayed and asked you, our friends, to pray with us for RAIN. And rain it did, last night....just enough to put the smoke down, and help simmer the fires down. THANK YOU for your faithful prayers and emails throughout all of this.
I would think that this would be a scary time here. And yes, some kids were scared, and yes, some of us adults had a rough night of sleep monday night wondering what was going to happen to our homes, our "things," and our ranch...eventually though all we could do was give it to our Lord and know HE was in control of every little spark and flame. Throughout the entire situation, I really felt the peace of God pass through me, for which i am soo thankful. I now also definitely understand what it means when we are told to pray with faith...anticipating that God WILL do what IS BEST. I just had this feeling He would let it rain....and HE DID!!! Last night, while many, many people were pleading with God for rain...it rained!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!! I don't know that i will ever be able to describe the feeling of awe i had as i looked up to the skylight in our home and heard the raindrops on the tin roof. I LOVE RAIN :) even more now!
Hopefully the fires will continue to die down. Please continue to pray for us, and for our surrounding mountain neighbors....who don't have barely anything BUT a clay home. We had such a feeling of "family" here at the ranch when this all happened. We women and kids were saying goodbye to the men and teenage boys praying that God would keep us ALL safe in His hands. Our mountain neighbors came and helped the men fight the fire, and one of our honduran assistants squeezed my hand...a squeeze that said "God will take care of us."
I am so thankful for the past few days, and the reminders that came with them. Thank you all so much for your prayers, encouragment and just being my friends and family! I'M SO THANKFUL FOR YOU ALL!!!!!!!
P.S. on a funny note ... :) ....the past few days because there not have only been fires near us, but in other areas on the mountains surrounding us..we have now decide we know what it's like to be either living IN a campfire, or you can describe the feeling as being at a campfire 24/7 because you are breathing in thick smoke, thinking you cannot see because it's so "smokey," and waking up in the night to cough out the smoke in your lungs....and having your clothes smell campfire-y allllll the time!! ha!
Thank you all so much for your prayers the past few days as we have had extremely dangerous fires threatening our homes and ranch for abandoned kids. For those who don't know, we had to evacuate all women and kids monday night overnight because of how dangerous the fire was. We came back tuesday, only to have another big fire threaten us tuesday night. We all stayed here that time, though. Many of us prayed and asked you, our friends, to pray with us for RAIN. And rain it did, last night....just enough to put the smoke down, and help simmer the fires down. THANK YOU for your faithful prayers and emails throughout all of this.
I would think that this would be a scary time here. And yes, some kids were scared, and yes, some of us adults had a rough night of sleep monday night wondering what was going to happen to our homes, our "things," and our ranch...eventually though all we could do was give it to our Lord and know HE was in control of every little spark and flame. Throughout the entire situation, I really felt the peace of God pass through me, for which i am soo thankful. I now also definitely understand what it means when we are told to pray with faith...anticipating that God WILL do what IS BEST. I just had this feeling He would let it rain....and HE DID!!! Last night, while many, many people were pleading with God for rain...it rained!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!! I don't know that i will ever be able to describe the feeling of awe i had as i looked up to the skylight in our home and heard the raindrops on the tin roof. I LOVE RAIN :) even more now!
Hopefully the fires will continue to die down. Please continue to pray for us, and for our surrounding mountain neighbors....who don't have barely anything BUT a clay home. We had such a feeling of "family" here at the ranch when this all happened. We women and kids were saying goodbye to the men and teenage boys praying that God would keep us ALL safe in His hands. Our mountain neighbors came and helped the men fight the fire, and one of our honduran assistants squeezed my hand...a squeeze that said "God will take care of us."
I am so thankful for the past few days, and the reminders that came with them. Thank you all so much for your prayers, encouragment and just being my friends and family! I'M SO THANKFUL FOR YOU ALL!!!!!!!
P.S. on a funny note ... :) ....the past few days because there not have only been fires near us, but in other areas on the mountains surrounding us..we have now decide we know what it's like to be either living IN a campfire, or you can describe the feeling as being at a campfire 24/7 because you are breathing in thick smoke, thinking you cannot see because it's so "smokey," and waking up in the night to cough out the smoke in your lungs....and having your clothes smell campfire-y allllll the time!! ha!
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