The Storm

The storm hit at almost 3:00pm today. We could hear the continual sound of rumbling thunder for a half hour before the rain started. When the storm was close enough for the lightning strikes to become extreme our lights started flickering. The rain came down in such thick sheets it looked like a solid wall of water. From my back hall door looking out toward the west I could barely see the 2 barns. It is now 3:21pm and the rain is lessening and the thunder rumble is as before the storm hit, constant but not extreme.
This morning after our walk, Karin came down to help me with the Prison Bible study program. Yesterday I was only able to get the mail opened, not processed. We got all the labels printed out and most attached to the envelopes until I ran out of envelopes. The rest we loaded into the car and will take to Eva Jean Schaffer's house. Eva Jean is away this week but will be back on Friday to finish what we couldn't get done.
Karin went to lunch with us today. We met up with Spark, Dan and Mark. We got into a discussion on gas mileage of cars and Dan and Spark showed us their new designs on fuel efficient cars. Karin wants to be a partner in this enterprise. Hmmm wonder if it will get off the ground, their designs make a lot of sense. We had so much fun at lunch it was hard to leave to go back to work.
I paid for the hay, collected for a charity the family was wanting to donate to and got to the bank to deposit all collected, then wrote out the checks. My family is awesome! I put the word out of a need and everyone that heard offered money. We collected enough to get the job done. A special thanks to my mom, Mark, Diane, Dan, Spark, Ruth, Rachel, Karin, David, Sarah, and Rhoda. Diane emailed about a need Joan and Tim have. They ran out of money for their door fund in Haiti. The need is so great there, the people are STARVING! The Bible tells us that one of the ways to recognize a true believer is by this statement. "I was hungry and you gave me food." We in America have been so blessed, the only time we are really hungry is when we are fasting (or dieting)! If anyone can spare money for this fund. Please email Diane at dianehone@yahoo.com she knows how to tell people a way to donate that is tax deductible. By the way, the door fund is what we all used to call the Leo fund.