The results of Ike

It's Sunday morning and we have Ike as a visitor. Well, we have his shirt tails, I guess. We are so thankful we didn't get the full brunt of this category 4 hurricane. We have had steady rains since late yesterday afternoon. We did get some heavy downfall, and a few hard gusts, but nothing damaging to our place here. Again, I think our little "red mountain" has kept any winds from us. For those of you who don't know, we live in Morne Rouge (Red Mountain).

But keep praying for Gonaives and the many other areas of Haiti who have been so horribly hit. The pictures on the Internet show some of the horror stories. But you don't see the lives of the people. One of our kids, Cequer, told us his whole family has lost all they owned. The flood water washed everything away...including their home. It's all somewhere out in the ocean now. These people are the ones who desperately need prayers and help. Where do they turn and what do they do now? And this is only one of thousands of stories. We had heard some other stories, too. The overall picture is horrible, but the individual ones are heart breaking.

So, keep praying for Haiti in general but for the people who are suffering so, in particular. Their only hope now is in the Lord. It's hard to see beyond the pain when you are the one suffering, so we need to lift them up to the Lord and ask Him to be with them.

Thanks for caring and keep the prayers coming. Till next time...keep your eyes on Jesus!!