As Hurricane Sandy makes her way north up the East coast we are praying for you all. We spoke with our daughter Gretchen who has been involved in emergency services for most of her life. She is telling us that they [emergency management] has already warned that they should be ready to assume full time operations starting Monday as the storm arrives with flooding and possibly knocking out power for hours, days, or even weeks.
Sandy made her way by Haiti starting on Wednesday with off and on showers. Thank God that they were never hard and spared the north of mudslides and major flooding. Thursday we stayed inside through waves of morning showers but ventured out for some groceries in the afternoon and were greeted with bright sunshine. Friday the President cancelled all school classes and work but we did not get word until Jane had already left for class. She said that all of her English students had showed up and class went on.
Missionary Flights International had postponed their Thursday flight stranding teams and returning missionaries in Florida until Saturday. It was late on Friday as they were still trying to contact the airport at Exuma, Bahamas to see if they were open to purchase fuel on their way.
We appreciate your prayers for us in times of storms like these but this time the shoe is on the other foot. Most of us here are used to living with little electricity or have invested small fortunes in ways to generate and store our own, something that is unheard of in North America. Now with your lower temperatures and threat of downed power lines it may cause many people some severe hardships.
The one casualty here with the cooler temperatures and rainy weather gave Jane a head cold which has slowed her down since Wednesday. Hopefully she will be back up to full speed in a few days.
Bud
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