An Ike Report

I am here to report that we made it, y'all. Friday night was probably the longest night of my life. I laid my head down, but never slept one lick. Y'all, the sounds of a hurricane are something I would never like to hear again. Wind, lots and lots of LOUD wind. The worst thing is hearing things thunking around and having no idea what they are. And sometimes they were loud, big things thunking around. I definitely didn't like it. Not one bit. The reason we couldn't see anything was because it clearly hit during the night. We would stand by our window and all we could see was black. I don't even want to know how many tornados came, but I know all too well they did. I'm glad I couldn't see them.

What was so funny was that my room is the loudest in the house. I have a window seat in my room, so it definitely gets a beating during any storm. Well during the hurricane, I was sure something would come through my window. During every gush, or thunk, I would either sit up or hop out of my bed, ready to head to another room. I did this numerous amounts of times, and finally I heard my parents talking. I thought I was for sure the only one awake, but alas, I wasn't. I went to them and we watched the hurricane for a bit, then they went back to bed. I laid in my bed for a little longer, and then headed to my brothers old room where it is MUCH quieter, and I FINALLY fell asleep for about 2 hours. That was at 5:30 a.m. The storm was never ending. Seriously. It had been going strong since 1:30.

Morning (or daylight for that matter) could not have come quick enough to see the damage. Thankfully, we weren't hit too bad.

We lost a part of our fence on every side, one tree in our backyard, that landed on nothing, and we lost a lot of shingles leaving a leak in my parents bedroom. And of course a lot of branches and leaves all over the ground. But other than that, we are perfectly fine.

After driving around the neighborhood yesterday for a bit, we know we were definitely spared. There were tons of trees down on houses and on cars. Streets were a MESS, and people were trying to do what they could to clean up. Definitely sad and scary. We are grateful for what we have.

I definitely feel like we're camping though, because we don't have any power, and for a while didn't have any water. We finally got water, praise the Lord, but still have no power. Currently we are at our friends house who have electricity, and I am NOT taking it for granted. I do love me some air conditioning, especially in Houston. I am also stealing their Internet, as you can tell!

We were told it could be a week or so before we get power. This would be me trying not to complain. That is a long stinkin' week, so if you pray for anything, you can pray for the 5 million people in Houston and the surrounding areas, especially Galveston, to get electricity and water up and running, and quickly.

Of course, we had an intense storm again last night, so that only delays the electricity. So you could also pray for no more storms so that the electricians can do their job, without getting hurt.

We are supposed to get a cool front come tomorrow, so that is definitely a "thank you, Jesus" moment. He knows we need some relief from this heat and humidity. We gladly welcome any cool front.

Well, we just put on a movie so I better get going. Thank you so much for your prayers and concerns, we greatly appreciate them, without a doubt. I'll try and keep y'all updated as much as possible, but with no power, that's just not possible! I'll also try and share some pictures I have taken.

Love you all dearly and I hope you all have a wonderful week. We are just taking a little hiatus from life itself.