Kathy,

Ah, do you guys have a local YMCA?  At least they have showers there.

Laughing with you, but glad God in his infinite wisdom had control of the
timing.  This new house must be really special.  YUP!  Special housing for
special people!!!

Vicki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kathy Du Bois" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 8:13 AM
Subject: Housing regress, progress? You decide!


> 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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