June 29 2012
I am sitting here thinking about the events of one year ago today. I am thankful that we came through it without much major damage. One side of the deck is gone, the storm loosened it, so I told Matt to take it down. June 29, 2012 , started like most days back then. I wasn't working, Matt was out of town with his job. He was due to come home late that evening, So I did laundry, cleaned up the house and finished painting the cabinets. The cabinets were on the deck, so I put them back in the kitchen and put the stuff away. I cleaned up the paint and listened to a book on tape. At that time I was doing the weather forecasts for the Calvary Assembly Radio station. I looked at the forecast and they had a severe weather warning. I was thinking all we are going to get is some bad thunderstorms and maybe hail. I also began to pray, because Matt would be driving home in that. Ever since the wreck that Matt had in 2006, when the weather gets bad and it pours the rain, he gets really nervous. Plus, he had gotten new glasses and the lost them in the lot next door and refused to get them replaced. I was worried about that I prayed.
I watched the five o'clock news and then I came upstairs to work on my biology homework. I was writing a paper and doing some lab assignments. The phone rang, at 7:50PM , it was Matt saying they were heading home and he should be home about 10:30PM. I told him, they are forecasting a bad storm, be careful, I love you and I hung the phone up. The next thing that happened was that the power went out. The wind began to pick up, . I went downstairs to get my cell phone and the winds got stronger and stronger and it began to thunder. I saw lightening. This was a wind and it had a train sound. I peeked out of the window, the trees were blowing, but the porch furniture wasn't moving. As I heard that train sound, I remember that Matt had told me to go to the bathroom, there wasn't any windows and that it was in the center of the house. I headed in there with my cell phone, I kept the door open . As I sat there I began to pray and quote Psalms 46, God is our refuge and strength, a very present in the time of trouble. Be still and know that I am God,. As the winds blew outside and I was alone, I began to sing "Never Alone Which starts out like this, I've seen the lightening flashing I've heard the thunder roll He promised never to leave me never to leave me alone. As the winds died down, I lay across the bed and began to read my Kindle. It started getting dark and Sharon called, my dad wanted to know if I was OK, I told her I was and she said that I could open the windows to get the cool air. By then, everything had died down. I did that and came upstairs to open the windows. There was some power left on my laptop , so I began to play some computer games. It was really getting dark. I got around the house using the light from my phone. I had candles, but I was too nervous to light them. Matt got home about 11:30. I was glad to see him. I was scared and also worried about him. We lit candles and went to look for more candles. It was then I found my other study Bible. It had been missing, I wasn't sure what had happened to it. I found it in a cabinet looking for candles.
That night we opened up most of the windows and went to sleep on top of the covers. The next morning we got up and Matt has to have coffee. We had been given a camp stove as a wedding gift. We had never used it. It was stored upstairs under the bed. Matt dug it out and took it to the patio and heated coffee on it. Then I got some pans and cooked something to eat. Sharon called and said that our dad was looking for something to eat. I cook some hamburgers and took them there. He wasn't home, I guess he was driving around looking for something to eat. Later, we heard something about the water being turned off. I filled the bathtub upstairs and every trash can I could find with water so we could wash up and keep the toilets flushed. We didn't really need to do that. We sat on the porch that evening. Matt went to see if his mother was OK and he got some gas from his brother. I think that Mark has a fear of being without things so he kind of goes overboard on things. We sat outside and took showers and went to bed. The house was so hot with the candles. I went to lay down in the TV room. I couldn't sleep. Matt asked me the next morning did I want to go to a hotel. I said no. During this time I did a lot of praying and seeking the Lord and repenting for being so spoiled. Matts mom called and said she had power so Matt and I went there to charge our phones and I went to sleep.
My dad didn't get power for a few days later. I was worried about him. Every time we went to check on him he wasn't home. When I did he was sitting on the back porch eating a banana like he was on a fishing trip with cooler full of ice and a camp stove. His house was cool everything was good. Since This did happen, I was glad to be married to Matt. He didn't panic about anything , he kept me calm. He had years of military, and Boy Scout training behind him. They had survived hurricanes, blizzard, typhoons and a lot of different things. I was blessed in that respect.
I have learned a lot since that storm. I know that we take what we call creature comforts for granted. We need to be more thankful. As the hymn says "God will take care of you". Matt spent the remaining days serving meals at the emergency shelter that RCCAA had in place. I felt guilty for not doing anything. I was used to being on air or behind the scenes or something. I was home listening to it on radio. I really missed radio during that time and was wondering if I would ever get the chance to go back. God has spared us another year .
I watched the five o'clock news and then I came upstairs to work on my biology homework. I was writing a paper and doing some lab assignments. The phone rang, at 7:50PM , it was Matt saying they were heading home and he should be home about 10:30PM. I told him, they are forecasting a bad storm, be careful, I love you and I hung the phone up. The next thing that happened was that the power went out. The wind began to pick up, . I went downstairs to get my cell phone and the winds got stronger and stronger and it began to thunder. I saw lightening. This was a wind and it had a train sound. I peeked out of the window, the trees were blowing, but the porch furniture wasn't moving. As I heard that train sound, I remember that Matt had told me to go to the bathroom, there wasn't any windows and that it was in the center of the house. I headed in there with my cell phone, I kept the door open . As I sat there I began to pray and quote Psalms 46, God is our refuge and strength, a very present in the time of trouble. Be still and know that I am God,. As the winds blew outside and I was alone, I began to sing "Never Alone Which starts out like this, I've seen the lightening flashing I've heard the thunder roll He promised never to leave me never to leave me alone. As the winds died down, I lay across the bed and began to read my Kindle. It started getting dark and Sharon called, my dad wanted to know if I was OK, I told her I was and she said that I could open the windows to get the cool air. By then, everything had died down. I did that and came upstairs to open the windows. There was some power left on my laptop , so I began to play some computer games. It was really getting dark. I got around the house using the light from my phone. I had candles, but I was too nervous to light them. Matt got home about 11:30. I was glad to see him. I was scared and also worried about him. We lit candles and went to look for more candles. It was then I found my other study Bible. It had been missing, I wasn't sure what had happened to it. I found it in a cabinet looking for candles.
That night we opened up most of the windows and went to sleep on top of the covers. The next morning we got up and Matt has to have coffee. We had been given a camp stove as a wedding gift. We had never used it. It was stored upstairs under the bed. Matt dug it out and took it to the patio and heated coffee on it. Then I got some pans and cooked something to eat. Sharon called and said that our dad was looking for something to eat. I cook some hamburgers and took them there. He wasn't home, I guess he was driving around looking for something to eat. Later, we heard something about the water being turned off. I filled the bathtub upstairs and every trash can I could find with water so we could wash up and keep the toilets flushed. We didn't really need to do that. We sat on the porch that evening. Matt went to see if his mother was OK and he got some gas from his brother. I think that Mark has a fear of being without things so he kind of goes overboard on things. We sat outside and took showers and went to bed. The house was so hot with the candles. I went to lay down in the TV room. I couldn't sleep. Matt asked me the next morning did I want to go to a hotel. I said no. During this time I did a lot of praying and seeking the Lord and repenting for being so spoiled. Matts mom called and said she had power so Matt and I went there to charge our phones and I went to sleep.
My dad didn't get power for a few days later. I was worried about him. Every time we went to check on him he wasn't home. When I did he was sitting on the back porch eating a banana like he was on a fishing trip with cooler full of ice and a camp stove. His house was cool everything was good. Since This did happen, I was glad to be married to Matt. He didn't panic about anything , he kept me calm. He had years of military, and Boy Scout training behind him. They had survived hurricanes, blizzard, typhoons and a lot of different things. I was blessed in that respect.
I have learned a lot since that storm. I know that we take what we call creature comforts for granted. We need to be more thankful. As the hymn says "God will take care of you". Matt spent the remaining days serving meals at the emergency shelter that RCCAA had in place. I felt guilty for not doing anything. I was used to being on air or behind the scenes or something. I was home listening to it on radio. I really missed radio during that time and was wondering if I would ever get the chance to go back. God has spared us another year .
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