A Time to be Grateful
We've received a phone call or two from family who was concerned about us in light of the flooding here in our area. We are fine. As I mentioned a few days ago, the lawn in front of the house gets covered with water occasionally when it is raining hard, but it usually doesn't take long to drain again once the rain eases up. So far, the water hasn't risen any where near high enough to reach our front door, or even to flood the play room, which is a couple steps down from the rest of the house. We haven't chanced to be driving on any of the roads that have been washed out. Steven got stuck in traffic one morning on his way to work when a freeway off ramp was flooded and cars were turning around to get back on the freeway via the off ramp. That's about as exciting as it gets for us, for which I am grateful.
Yesterday, we received a couple phone calls about 1/2 hour before church was to start to let us know that a major intersection on the way to church was flooded. While church wasn't going to be cancelled, we were to use our own judgement whether or not we could make it to church safely. We went, but traveled a different way than usual. We enjoyed sacrament meeting, although the numbers were a little fewer than normal. After sacrament meeting, we were dismissed to go home. We again took an alternate route home, and enjoyed some extra time at home. I had been asked to teach Josh's class that day, and so I was a little disappointed not to get to teach the lesson I had prepared, but other than that, it was nice to just be able to enjoy the rainy day at home.
I've seen pictures and read news articles about others who have been far more affected by the flooding than we have - basements flooded, cars stranded in rivers, roads washed out, trailer parks entirely underwater. They are in my prayers.
At the same time, I am even more grateful for the blessings that I have been given. Steven is working and earning a decent paycheck, so we can pay our debts and buy the food and clothes and things that we need. The kids are going to good schools - close enough that they can get there and back without us having to own a second car, even if that does mean occasionally walking through rain or snow. We have a home to live in, one without a basement that could get flooded. We have a computer and an internet connection so I can keep in touch with the outside world. Our family has been sealed together in a holy temple, by one who holds the proper authority: what he seals on earth will be sealed in heaven, so our family really can be together forever. The grass around our house is greener than it has been in a long time. We really do have a lot to be grateful for.
(http://www.tout.com/m/maze6y If this link works, it should show a video someone made of a road flooded about five miles north of our house. It might give you an idea of what's going on in some places.)
Yesterday, we received a couple phone calls about 1/2 hour before church was to start to let us know that a major intersection on the way to church was flooded. While church wasn't going to be cancelled, we were to use our own judgement whether or not we could make it to church safely. We went, but traveled a different way than usual. We enjoyed sacrament meeting, although the numbers were a little fewer than normal. After sacrament meeting, we were dismissed to go home. We again took an alternate route home, and enjoyed some extra time at home. I had been asked to teach Josh's class that day, and so I was a little disappointed not to get to teach the lesson I had prepared, but other than that, it was nice to just be able to enjoy the rainy day at home.
I've seen pictures and read news articles about others who have been far more affected by the flooding than we have - basements flooded, cars stranded in rivers, roads washed out, trailer parks entirely underwater. They are in my prayers.
At the same time, I am even more grateful for the blessings that I have been given. Steven is working and earning a decent paycheck, so we can pay our debts and buy the food and clothes and things that we need. The kids are going to good schools - close enough that they can get there and back without us having to own a second car, even if that does mean occasionally walking through rain or snow. We have a home to live in, one without a basement that could get flooded. We have a computer and an internet connection so I can keep in touch with the outside world. Our family has been sealed together in a holy temple, by one who holds the proper authority: what he seals on earth will be sealed in heaven, so our family really can be together forever. The grass around our house is greener than it has been in a long time. We really do have a lot to be grateful for.
(http://www.tout.com/m/maze6y If this link works, it should show a video someone made of a road flooded about five miles north of our house. It might give you an idea of what's going on in some places.)
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