For the last 3 days we've been moving panels and delivering them about 40 miles away to Sierra Vista. Tonight we got a break, and celebrated both my daughters and mothers birthdays. Boy did we have a spread. We had a pork roast slow cooked in the crock pot, grilled corn, grilled zucchini, couse-couse, and for desert we had both strawberry and double chocolate chip ice cream. Man can my wife cook!!! We had a good time with my son and daughter, wife, my brother and both of my parents. It was a nice break.
Tomorrow my wife and I are delivering a minimum of 2500 lbs of hay to feed the livestock, first we have to find the feedstore with the best price and then drive over and load the hay. I can see tomorrow being a long day, but I'm hoping we'll be home before dark. I guess if we're home before bed time I'll be good with that.
Showing posts with label Monument Fire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monument Fire. Show all posts
Monday, June 20, 2011
More on the Monument Fire
Every day this weekend we've delivered horse panels to the Sierra Vista Riding Club to be used for pens for livestock that were evacuated due to the Monument Fire in Southern Arizona, so not a lot of homesteading projects got done. The people affected by this fire need all the prayer they can get. My prayer is that God holds them up and strengthens them in this time of need. It's also that inspite of the difficulty they currently have they are drawn closer to God.
Below is a copy of an email my wife sent last night after we got home from delivering our last load, the email is to the pastor of the church we attend.
Hi Pastor Steve,
I thought I would share a few of the things we learned tonight when we dropped off the panels. The guy we talked to said he thought they had about 300 horses, goats, chickens, donkeys, mules, parrots. The people working there are exhausted. The guy told us his son is one of the fire fighter and he received a text from him today that said "all hell was breaking loose". Not what a parent wants to hear. He said that the fire went like 3 miles in an hour and that it was crazy around there today. They have had people come in crying. A horse came in there with burns. One lady had came there one day with her five horse. She was allowed to go home and then had to leave her home again.....this time she could only get three of her horses out. He had heard stories from people who couldn't get their horses out in time, one couldn't get their horses out because a friend had borrow their trailer. And one who's horse turned and ran into the fire. He also said that the fire planes had been dumping slurry on part of the town today. Hard day in Sierra Vista today.
Just wanted to share with you what we learned....I know you know so many of these people. Our heart breaks for them and what they are going thru.
Trudy
Below is a copy of an email my wife sent last night after we got home from delivering our last load, the email is to the pastor of the church we attend.
Hi Pastor Steve,
I thought I would share a few of the things we learned tonight when we dropped off the panels. The guy we talked to said he thought they had about 300 horses, goats, chickens, donkeys, mules, parrots. The people working there are exhausted. The guy told us his son is one of the fire fighter and he received a text from him today that said "all hell was breaking loose". Not what a parent wants to hear. He said that the fire went like 3 miles in an hour and that it was crazy around there today. They have had people come in crying. A horse came in there with burns. One lady had came there one day with her five horse. She was allowed to go home and then had to leave her home again.....this time she could only get three of her horses out. He had heard stories from people who couldn't get their horses out in time, one couldn't get their horses out because a friend had borrow their trailer. And one who's horse turned and ran into the fire. He also said that the fire planes had been dumping slurry on part of the town today. Hard day in Sierra Vista today.
Just wanted to share with you what we learned....I know you know so many of these people. Our heart breaks for them and what they are going thru.
Trudy
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