The past two weeks have been a bit of a nightmare. The kids caught this weird low-grade fever/cough situation, which knocked them out, one by one, like dominoes. Around the same time, one of my sons started exhibiting some troubling skin issues. We were afraid it was MRSA, but it was finally diagnosed as impetigo. I was his primary caregiver and within days, I started exhibiting some of the same symptoms inside my ear and on my face. So scary. We were both put on antibiotics and my son responded much more quickly than I did. (I’ll spare the gory details, but let’s just say that I looked way worse before I got better.) Anyway, we’re on our way to a full recovery, praise God.
And then…this happened:
On a seemingly normal summer afternoon, a severe thunderstorm with 80 MPH winds ran through our county and left a ton of destruction. We watched in horror as huge trees were uprooted and branches snapped everywhere. We watched pieces of our infrastructure bend and break. (The photos above are just a few examples.) The power pole at the end of our street snapped in half, leaving our area without power. Thankfully, we are all fine and our animals are all alive. But the damage is significant for our neighbors and our fellow farmers. A kick in the teeth in an already difficult financial time. In your charity, we would appreciate your prayers. I hope to be back with cheerier news next week. XO
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us. – Romans 5:3-5
Oh wow. What a rough time. Will keep you in my prayers
Oh no! The weather has been crazy this year! We have had tornado sirens 3 times this season, which is more than the rest of our 15 years of married life combined. It’s interesting to see that other places are also seeing increased severe weather. So sorry for your damage.
We will pray that your clean up process goes smoothly and you don’t see any further damage.
St. Barbara (patron saint of thunderstorms), pray for us.
St. Francis (who rebuilt a physical church before building up the church-church), pray for us.
St. Isidore (patron saint of farmers), pray for us.
Keep us updated!
I’m glad to hear that all humans and animals are OK. I hope calmer times are ahead
Oh no! I’ll keep you guys in my prayers.
Is your home ok? Health issues are nerve-wracking enough (or can be) but then to compound with wind and power issues is a double-whammy. Hope that not too many of your fences and food crops were destroyed, but I will pray that you have enough helpers to mend what the wind damaged.
That is a giant tree trunk uprooted btw. What strong winds just to do that!
Yikes! What a terrible few weeks! Here’s hoping the damage to your homestead isn’t too costly, or that your insurance will cover it. Hope you all are on the mend soon <3