Woke up this morning to pray.
Saw flashes, but they weren’t coming from inside. A storm is coming our way.. and actually is right on top of us.
Yes, that’s us, Biloxi, at the front end of that little dark part of the storm system.
We’re not sure yet if we’ll be going out to work on the site today, but we’re willing and able. If not, the Habitat folks have things to keep us busy.
In the meantime, we can still continue to pray for the region. Just a few days of this Mississippi weather has brought us intense heat, beautiful cool weather and now a Tornado watch in a nearby county. As beautiful as the weather has been, when I hear the thunder and see the lightning, I wonder what it was like 18 months ago when Katrina hit.
We’re building the homes with some new building standards and features specifically for hurricanes. Additional straps and concrete footings were required after Katrina. In building the houses, it’s easy to see how roofs could separate and houses could be lifted up completely off their foundations and found miles away.
And some of the neighborhoods we’ve traveled through represent some economically challenged areas. Hard to rebuild when you don’t have much to begin with.
So if you’re praying for us and our safety, please join us in praying for the residents that don’t have as much shelter as we do, that are living under the many roofs we’ve passed by that are covered by blue tarps because that’s all the roofing they can currently afford.
The rain is pelting our roof and coming down hard right … about… now..