a quiet evening at home
For the first time in over six months, Niel and I curled up together on our couch to watch a movie. With all our ministry travels and busy schedule, this has been something we’ve really missed, and we were so grateful to have an uninterrupted night at home.
About three-quarters of the way through the movie, the sound of an approaching war zone shook through the house. Niel thought it was in the movie until we paused it, and the sound actually got louder.
Huge gusts of wind were attacking our house. Niel went out to the porch to take down the hammocks, which were swinging wildly all over the place. After he took down the first one, he heard the wind coming through the trees. It sounded so strong and severe that Niel dropped the hammock and ran back into the house. Just as he did, a small tornado funnel peeled off a section of our roof!
We could see starlight from our living room while piles of dust, dirt, and debris flooded through the ceiling and covered everything in the room. God is good, and no one was hurt; although our house is a little worse for wear…
So much for quiet evening at home…
Alece,
I am so thankful for God’s hand of protection over you and Niel. May the funds and manpower be provided for a quick repair – and may you be blessed with a peaceful evening together sometime soon.
Blessings,
Jean
Wow! Never a dull moment on the mission field. Glad to know that you are both same.
Not “same”, but safe. oops! :-)
yikes! glad nobody got hurt! when did this happen? don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the cross on the mountain is also gone. apparantly the winds was so strong saturday that it blew the cross and the foundations out of the ground. hope you get your quiet evening soon…
OH KITTY! I’m so thankful you are okay, but I think I have a rightous anger that your night of peace and rest with Nigel was stolen.
I love you!
Oh Alece!! What a time! I’ll be keeping you in prayer. Our house flooded with sewer water last Friday evening, so I know a little how it feels to have your sanctuary meddled with. I’ll add my prayer to Jean’s. :>
Thanks for the photos, MG! This has been repeated much too much! Marie needs to go into warfare mode! Now I can see why her health hasn’t been the best…it’s a plot!!! (LOL, but serious!) I love you!
Oh…are you third most upset about not getting to finish your movie? Just curious, what movie did you not get to watch? I hope things are recovered quickly so that you can enjoy an actual QUIET evening.
eeeeekkk! glad you are safe and sound… hopefully you will get to have another “quite” nite at home soon!
thanks, all! i appreciate the prayers and support.
still waiting on a quote for the insurance – no repairs begun yet. we did rip down the excess metal roofing and “cover” the hole into our living room as best we could. not perfect – but works for now.
mel – i had been wondering about the missing cross! now i know why!! ;-)
yeller – we were watching “sahara”, which we did manage to finish a few evenings later!