Wild Fire

Ok, I neglected to finish our trip to Tri Cities. It has been a whirlwind of activity since driving into town.

The temperature on arrival to Washington's desert was 107. As we neared the city, we saw a large plume of smoke billowing across the sky. When we got closer we saw the whole countryside on fire; black smoldering hills stretched out of site. We arrived at the hotel and I got out to enter the building. A man from the hotel ran up and announced that the hotel doors were not working because the power was out to the building. He took me through an employee entrance to get to the front desk. Our room was very hot when we checked in. It took about an hour and a half to get power back. An hour and a half after that we realized that the air conditioner in our room was broken. We got another room and then my daughter spent the next 2 hours howling at the top of her lungs because her tooth hurt (which we had to get pulled the next day).

John 16:32-33
“A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me.
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

The past few days have been an extension of the trials that Satan has been throwing our way. I'm positive that he doesn't want any of us "disciples" here. I started a new job on Monday doing maintenance. It has been very challenging. I work for a courthouse and jail. I am working right next to high ranking officials, violent criminals, and so many things I have never fixed before...overwhelming. Day two and three got better and better though. I prayed for peace and to release my anxiety and God has once again amazed me. I am feeling much more confident that I can do his work there.

We are still living out of our suitcases even though we are in our own place for a bit. The end of our living situation is still on the horizon. We are looking at several locations to set up or home more permanently. Our desire is to live where we can be the most useful to our church family as well as reach out to our neighbors.

It has been a tiresome week (it's Wednesday). Perhaps by the weekend we will slow down a tad bit. If not, there's coffee and my emergency fuel - Monster.

Ephesians 3:20-21
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.