Our Weekend Has Changed

At the beginning of this week we were expecting that we would be hiding in our houses today listening to the roaring wind and pounding rain. It's amazing how things can change. It hasn't rained even one drop here. And we are not expecting it to rain much at all. It's looking like we are on the dry side, meaning moisture is taken from us to feed the storm. We do want everyone to continue praying for the hurricane situation though, as 1000's of people are affected by it. We heard today that there is/was a cargo ship stranded within the storm, and it was far too dangerous for anyone to go and rescue them. We pray that the 22 people aboard are able to ride the storm out and survive. God can do anything so we are praying that he'll protect them.

Because of this change in weather expectations, we now are able to do stuff. Since we expected to be stuck in our houses with no power, we are planning things very last minute. Tonight we decided to go for ice cream. We're planning on going into Mexico tomorrow morning to check it out. They recommend if you've never been to Mexico to go to a certain town (forget what it's called) about 1/2 hour away. It's more for tourists but gives a good taste. So we want to go check it out. So we will drive there, park on this side, walk across and pay the 25 cents it costs to cross. Once we've experienced that town, we'll go to the closer town called Reynosa (more like real Mexico). If that makes any sense. Oh, and of course once we get back we'll dive into our books to study while the girls nap. Weird to think we can go to Mexico for a few hours. Never thought I'd say that.

We do think we'll get some rain over this weekend yet, but not nearly enough to bring damage or flooding. Only 30% chance tomorrow opposed to yesterday's forecast of 80%. So we'll see how the rest of our weekend pans out.

Thank you for your continued prayers for LeRoy. I just asked him how he was feeling and he says "I think it's almost gone". YAY:) We have no idea what it was, but are praising God that he is feeling so much better.

We are having a great start to our weekend, and I hope you are all too.

Faith