Well, Kathy, if it were a simple move, you wouldn't have any great stories
to share with us, would you? <smile> You really ought to write a book.
Glad you guys are safe and that the source of the smell was found before
things got too dangerous.
Now, with you just having cold water, maybe that will light a fire under
the workers (pun intended, of course) so that they'll get the house done
quickly.
Peggy
At 10:13 AM 9/7/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Guys,
>I'm going to share this with you, but first you have to promise that you
>will laugh when I'm done because I'm laughing and you have to laugh too,
>okay? Are you laughing? Good, me too! Okay, here goes. If there was ever
>any doubt that it was time for us to move out of our mobile home, those
>doubts were laid to rest last night when our waterheater burned out and
>almost caused a house fire. AS you know, a fire in a mobile home is
>practically hopeless, but God was so good to us! I'm just praising Him
>for His vigilance over our situation.
>Caleb and I went into our bathroom to begin to prepare a bath for him and
>we were gagged by a horrible smell. The waterheater is in our bathroom.
>Anyway, fortunately, Greg wasn't far away so I was able to call him to
>come home and begin checking things out. If this had happened even two
>hours earlier, I wouldn't have been able to call him because he was on a
>hike yesterday. God's timing is so incredeible. Anyway, we tore apart the
>water bed, but there was nothing. Greg then started turning off fuses,
>but our noses led us back to the waterheater and, eventually, he was able
>to find some melted electrical wiring. It's fried. I now have no hot
>water. Good thing we're moving soon. I'm doing laundry today by boiling
>water, adding the cold and running the washing machine. We haven't worked
>out showers yet, but don't worry, we will. I'd hate to have anybody leave
>the list on account of our smell. Oh you guys, I don't even want to think
>about what could happen next. Why couldn't this have just been a simple
>move, uncomplicated and boring . I could have gone for that. IN fact, I
>could still go for that. Our God is certainly a God of adventure, that's
>for sure.
>The workers are banging around in the real house though which means that
>more progress is being made so I'm giving thanks for any movement forward
>I can get.
>God bless,
>Kathy
>
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