Okay, so to quickly update all of my favorite people- we've been in Houston nearly a month. We haven't connected internet yet, and so I'm feeling severely out of touch. I'm at the library and thought I'd quickly say hello and I'm missing all of you, my friends.
We arrived 4 days after the worst hurricane hit Houston in years. Thankfully, Jake felt a pressing need to not leave the week previous as we had committed to his new employer. When we arrived the state was in as much caos as we were. We arrived 5 days before our moving truck (they gave us a 7 day window it could be there). We didn't have beds or a fridge but we did thankfully have power. Many did not for about two weeks within 15 minutes of us.
So, we went to work making our place home. Jake and I went grocery shopping. Then spent over an hour looking for ice to put in the cooler.
Why so long? Because 1. businesses were just becoming functional and at bare necessity levels 2. Everyone needed ice for their coolers, because power was still out for many.
Many more stories than this. . . but this is just a taste of what we have got ourselves into.
The the Lord has granted us many tender mercies through the challenging past month. I'll have pictures up soon.
We did go down to Galveston-where most of the devastation happened. It was so very sad. Just imagine everyone on your street has taken nearly every possession they have and dumped it to the curb. Garbage was out of control. Not to mention the tree and limb waste. It was truly sad. I'm out of time
I'll be posting again soon, but I'd love to hear from you and how everything is going.
Love you all,
Debbie
