Water, Water Everywhere

Hurricane Ike hit Missouri.  That's right - Missouri.  We had crazy wind and tons of rain Sunday morning as the storm passed by, leaving over 5 inches of rain here at our house and basement full of muddy, nasty water.  At its highest, the water was up over the bottom step of the basement and up to Roger's knees.  

 

The rest of Sunday was spent cleaning and trying to salvage things that had been damaged.  One of our friends, Will, came over to help Roger demo the drywall.  Another friend, Jason, brought by a shopvac to aid in cleanup.  Some other friends, the Lankfords, were very gracious and let me and Mia come over to launder some of the clothes that had been doused by the flood waters.  And my mom came down and was here all day Monday to help haul out damaged goods from the basement and mop up the mess.  Although we're all exhausted and sore here, we know that we're very blessed to have so many people surround us who care and are willing and ready to help at the drop of a hat.  In the midst of the storm we've found immense blessing.  So, thanks to everyone who's prayed for us - it's made a huge difference!  And thank you to those of you who have supplied labor, parts, or food to bless us.  We don't know what we'd do without you!