Lights Out Church

The church here meets together several times during the week to sing, pray, and study the Bible.  Last night as we were about to walk to church, the power went out all over town.  It wasn't even a question if they would still be meeting.  Matt and I walked up to the church with a lantern in hand, and very soon after Denis opened the doors to the church the power came back on.  We sang a few songs before the power went out again.  The second time the power went out, it was raining so hard, it sounded like a jackhammer on the tin roof.  Many people just started reading their Bibles with the dim glow of the lantern.

I however sat and talked with my friend Kelin.  Kelin and her sister Karol work with the summer groups and are two of the sweetest girls one might ever meet.  We couldn't talk in normal voices, but instead we were having to yell in each others ears to hear each other over the rain.

When the rain subsided a little bit, we walked back home.  The bridge over the creek on the Casa property was flooded.  We were all soaked when we got home.  It was dark at home like in the church, and we were all trying to find a change of dry clothes.  I found something for Haley to sleep in and a clean diaper for her.

Fortunately, we live in a place with a roof over our head and blankets to keep us warm.  Unfortunately, however, many people don't.  They had to sleep in a wet home with wet clothes and no blankets.