A Night of Tragic

Last night we were having dinner with some friends from Australia when we received a call from a friend that their house was burning to the ground... could we go to the location and make sure his wife and family were okay. The husband was in Washington state on business.

Our friends the Lloyds have lost their house. We stood together on the top of the hill overlooking the Vacaville area and watched their beautifully renovated house burn to the ground. It was an overwhelming experience - lights flashing everywhere - fire trucks all along the road up to their home and first hoses trying to get water up the hill to the house - but amidst the smoke, the wind, the tears and the unbelief, was a calm, a peace and a presence that the Father was there - doing what He does, being who He is.

What was able to be saved was their garage full of items being sold on ebay -and the small cottage house only encountered slight fire damage on the outside, the inside is fine. The family has an additoinal house (rental) that is empty and they are able to stay there.

Steve and I went to Winco and picked up food and misc personal care items that they would need immediately and dropped them off at their place early this morning on the way home. We're all blessed that all the family members were out of the house, safe and protected.

This morning we woke up (late of course!) and mindful that it is Good Friday - yes, it is Good Friday! Even amidst the loss and devastation it is a GOOD FRIDAY!

Keep the Lloyd family in prayer...

A New Friend

During the month of February, I stayed with Deryck and Amanda in KC to be around during the delivery of Anna Joy (February 7). It was a great time of being with Avalon Grace, the kids, Gerry, Juan and Beulah, our friends and of course time in the prayer house.

One of the highlights was meeting Shelley Paulson, an amazing person and photographer. We had the opportunity to share Sunday lunch together and a chat over coffee with Gerry about my art and creative expressions. Shelley and Terrie are from MN, but took three months to be at IHOP in the Commission program, that Gerry helps to facilitate.

Thought you might want to look at her photo blog and the pictures she has taken of Deryck. She would like to photograph Avalon as well.

I hope to get some of my photos of Avie and the baby up when my "real" computer is up and running.

Committed to Staying in Touch

Today is the first day of the rest of this blog. I've had such fun keeping up on friends and family and making new friends through their blogs that I thought this would be a good idea.
Blogger is free, so I probably won't keep up my other art blog, but will try to show my artwork here, family pics and updates here and share what God is doing in our lives.
Currently I am working on my back-up computer (travel pc) because my other computer crashed last week and our new hard drive arrived today. Hopefully I will get some pics up soon.
I will give links for other family and friends that you may want to check in on.
Okay, enough for today -