A view of space #48
Prayer for the job
The master bedroom
Lowering the roof.
Krista, Matthew, Rick, Edwina and Max at the CIA food tentWe started today with a great breakfast made by Sheila Smith. Biscuits and gravy were a great way to start the day.
Next we headed to our worksite on Black Canyon RD. We did the same type of work, shoveling debris, emptying wheelbarrows on to the pile and cutting I-Beams. The work takes its toll after a few days. We are in an isolated spot surrounded by homes where life continues as it was before the firestorm. On one side of the street, the lawn company is doing its mow, blow and go, while we are doing relief work for their across the street neighbor. People are jogging in the neighborhood and walking their dogs around the circle of burned out homes.
The attitudes of some of these people is phenomenal. Irene Neal requested our help because she thought another group had forgotten her. While I was talking to her she told me she could not wait for what God had in store for her next. She said she had faced many trials in her long life and everytime God had prospered her after the trial was over. Strong words from someone whose house of 38 years is all gone. Later in the day I passed by and saw her grinning and asked what had happened. She showed me her 150 piece set of china that had survived the firestorm. She gave God the glory.
Another family has agreed to let us clean their property. These folks were still in shock about the loss, but ready to move forward. The husband reached under his car and pulled a large piece of aluminum(melted). It was the aluminum block from the motor of his car. He thought it looked cool and plans to hang it on his new house wall. He asked me if I knew anyone who had a motor block on their wall.
Tomorrow we have some more homes to work, pray that we can bring God's light to this community.
Next we headed to our worksite on Black Canyon RD. We did the same type of work, shoveling debris, emptying wheelbarrows on to the pile and cutting I-Beams. The work takes its toll after a few days. We are in an isolated spot surrounded by homes where life continues as it was before the firestorm. On one side of the street, the lawn company is doing its mow, blow and go, while we are doing relief work for their across the street neighbor. People are jogging in the neighborhood and walking their dogs around the circle of burned out homes.
The attitudes of some of these people is phenomenal. Irene Neal requested our help because she thought another group had forgotten her. While I was talking to her she told me she could not wait for what God had in store for her next. She said she had faced many trials in her long life and everytime God had prospered her after the trial was over. Strong words from someone whose house of 38 years is all gone. Later in the day I passed by and saw her grinning and asked what had happened. She showed me her 150 piece set of china that had survived the firestorm. She gave God the glory.
Another family has agreed to let us clean their property. These folks were still in shock about the loss, but ready to move forward. The husband reached under his car and pulled a large piece of aluminum(melted). It was the aluminum block from the motor of his car. He thought it looked cool and plans to hang it on his new house wall. He asked me if I knew anyone who had a motor block on their wall.
Tomorrow we have some more homes to work, pray that we can bring God's light to this community.
4 comments:
It is such an honor to love on people by helping them in their hour of need; to let them know that hope still remains in the midst of tragedy. God is awesome!
Hey Guys,
As a fully brainwashed safety geek, Don't forget to take morning, lunch and afternoon breaks.
Its amazing how they really help the energy level. We get hurt easier when we are tired.
Drink lots of water! I want you all home safe and sound.
Love Ramona
You guys are so great. Jim, Libby and I are praying for you, proud of you... and wishing we could be with you. You'll be home soon, but you will leave behind a gift from our Father to all the lives you have touched. Just know that you are in the right place, at the right time, placed there by the One who does everything perfectly.
We love you,
Lynn
In encouragement for ya'll and in prayer for all those whom you come in contact, I am reminded of a prayer that St. Francis once said, (at least its generally attributed to him)
Lord, make us instruments of Thy peace:
Wherethere is hatred, let us sow love;
Where there is injury, pardon;
Where there is discord, union;
Where there is doubt, faith;
Where there is despair, hope;
Where there is darkness, light;
Where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master, grant that we may not so much seek
To be consoled, as to console;
To be understood, as to understand;
To be loved, as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive,
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
And it is in dying that we are born
To Eternal Life. Amen.
May God continue to bless you in your work there.
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