Just posted this on Facebook. Please keep us and all here in NC in your prayers. Been a busy day. Just got back from Wally World AGAIN, 3rd night in a row! I think I have us covered for what we need. Thought I'd let everyone know that we are evacuating to a motel on Wednesday afternoon/evening. With a 91-year-old mother-in-law who is just out of the nursing home and a husband who is a transplant recipient and my challenges (🙄), it seems like the most prudent thing to do. Our home should be fine, since it is 8' off the ground and has concrete footers, but flooding is the concerning issue. Our driveway floods in storm conditions; with Matthew last year, the water came right to the base of our ramp & halfway up the siding. I have waded through thigh-deep water in the driveway before and have no desire to repeat that EVER again!! We left here in a rowboat that time, and I'll forever be grateful to Jenny Riggan and Robert Toler for that and letting us stay with them several days. (And John Smith had to be hospitalized that day too.) We have been through some stuff with storms!It's hard not to think of our experiences with Hurricane Floyd 19 years ago THIS WEEK, so it's been stressful. Losing a home is a painful experience. Yes, it is just stuff, but it's MY stuff. Some folks didn't understand that with Floyd because we got new stuff, but it hurts to let go of that thing it took 2 years to pay off. Of course, stuff isn't the most important thing. Your family & loved ones are, so keep your focus lookingup and your eyes focused on Jesus! Keep your family safe, and the rest will sort itselff out. (Thanks for that word, Pastor Jay-Jay Branch!)I wouldn't want to re-experience what we did with Floyd, but I have to say I came out of it stronger and wiser. God blessed us in so many ways then that I can't even begin to tell you! Our church family surrounded us with love and care and literally took us in during and after Floyd while we were displaced for 5 weeks. (Thank you, Pamela Davis , Denise Newsome Morales, and Pastor Mitchell Wayne Flora and Lou Flora, and University Church of God!)God's grace really is sufficient...some days you just have to take things a day at a time, but you will get through it. Please keep us in your prayers as we go through this. I am trusting the Lord to watch over us and all in this area. Thank you for caring and loving us, and if you've read this far, bless you!trustingGodforwhatIcannotd More of Him...less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name
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