SAVED!!!

Against all odds, and through major prayers and faith and serious dilligence by our firefighters, our house was saved! Paul snuck back up (which was not smart - but whatever) to our house about an hour ago to find a sea of black. Everything is gone around our house - trees, neighbors homes, fields, everything. The only thing standing is our house and a neighbor to the right and one to the left. The fire came down our driveway, up to our rose garden, into the backyard, and right up to our front porch, but the house is still standing!!! Paul said our home looks like an island. Thank you, thank you, thank you to every amazing firefighter who camped out at our house and hosed it down (with our garden hoses, apparently). Thank you for the prayers and fasting of protection. Thank you for the clothes, and the house to stay in, and the bedding, and everything else our friends have provided for us.

We still don't know when we will be able to get back into our house, and we will definitely have some major cleanup, but at least that's better than starting over from scratch.