Hi all,

Well, I thought I'd update you . . . and will be glad of continued prayers.

First to say is that Mike and I are both OK at present, with food in the 
cupboard and at least most things working in the house . . ..  Mike is at 
work and does have a distance to travel by bus.  Meantime, as predicted, the 
water comes ever closer to us.

Let me say though that of course some of the country is well and truly much 
worse than we are right now.  There have been three known fatalities so far. 
It seems that one man, having had too much to drink, went for a swim in the 
water overflow in Tukesbury (one of the most severely hit places).  Sadly, a 
lady there also lost her twins who were born prematurely.  They did get them 
to hospital, but not quickly enough.

Tukesbury was reported to be slightly improved yesterday but still most 
people are moving places by boat and supplies of bottled water come in that 
way.  It is thought that this will need to continue for about two weeks. 
The night before last, floods came within about six inches of a sub-power 
station.  One had already gone down in the area but this would have meant 
thousands more people being without any power, so of course that would even 
include mobile phones.  The insurance costs last night were put somewhere 
around 3 billion (that of course is pounds) but is probably more 
realistically about 5 billion because many people do not have insurance.

This morning sees flooding to parts of Berkshire (which is our county) and 
river levels are expected to peak late tonight or early tomorrow, with an 
inch or two of rain expected again tomorrow.  To make it clear, there is 
flooding within just a few miles from here right now.

Many people are getting prepared but we have not been offered any sandbags, 
not being immediately beside a river.  This road is open to flooding though 
and we saw some last week when we had such heavy rain.

Anyway, God knows all and sees all and we have the wonderful knowledge of 
knowing that He is taking care of us, even if there is nobody else right now 
to do that.

I'll keep you updated as and when I can.

Thank you, my dear family, for standing with us.

--
Carol - Reading, UK

To you, o Lord, I lift up my soul;
In You I trust, o my God.  . . .."  PS25:1-2 NIV.