Back to Normal.

School starts again tomorrow. Yeah for Faith. She is so excited and so is mommy! As for the weekend, I can only count my blessings: 1) I am not living in Houston right now and 2) I am so grateful for A/C!!!!! IKE came and went. We received minimal rain but lots of wind; we could hear the wind howling on Friday night and lost power about 12:30 A.M. It was a dark night but we had candles and then Bret hooked up the generator in the morning so that we would have some electricity and could run the fridge. By about 10am, Bret thought I was going to pass out or go into labor, so he quickly setup a window A/C unit in the master bedroom and pleaded for me to lay down and rest. It was a lifesaver to say the least. I would make it a couple of hours in the kitchen and working around the house before I would need to make my way back to the bedroom. I had no idea the heat would affect me so badly. I think it is mostly due to the fact that I am 8 months pregnant. I just do not last long. The girls seemed resilient as they enjoyed the family time since Daddy didn't have to go to work. Luckily we received power back Saturday night. Bret later put his Church hat on and began making rounds and checking on members. Most of the members faired much much better than 3 years ago with Rita, but we did had a few of the members who’s homes flooded because of the tidal surge. We also had 14 Missionaries from the Texas area evacuate to Lake Charles and they ended up staying in the chapel for 2 nights. I think they are all church movied out as we had them over for dinner and they were quoting them left and right.

Sunday they finally lifted the curfew for Lake Charles and we had a 2 hour block for the members who could make it over for church. The missionaries began the meeting singing “Where can I turn for peace” very appropriate and very touching. I know life is back to normal for us but for so many others the trials have just begun. They will be in our thoughts and prayers. 2 hurricanes in 2 weeks are plenty!!! Let’s just make it another month and Hurricane season will be over.