some very interesting happenings out there pat praise god no one got hurt or
killed and praise god you are all safe. This weather is crazy these days.
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From: "Pat Ferguson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 12:29 PM
Subject: Praise The Lord!
> Hi Everyone,
>
> God is Good! Please read below.
>
> We had a great vacation, as we left on the 16th of June, and on the 21st
> of June, on Friday afternoon we were on our way home. We ran into nasty
> weather, and we were between 2 tornados. The straight winds that we were
> in were around 100MPH The Pontoon boat flipped into the ditch upside
> down. The hail was horrible, and we were scared, accept Vernon. I don't
> know if Dean was scared or not, but Kathy, Allyson, Betty and I were. Not
> sure about Dan. I kind of think he was scared, too, since he was on top of
> Kathy and Allyson, protecting them from anything that might have hit them.
> They were in Dean's truck. Dean and Betty were in their Motor Home, with
> Mitsy and Annie, and I know they were scared, and Vernon and I were in our
> Motor Home. We were about 11 miles from De Smet. The tornados were in
> rain. I would love to have had my digital recorders with me, but I forgot
> them.
>
> Two guys came by the sceen, and picked up the Pontoon Boat and put it on
> it's Pontoons, right side up.
>
> I had called 911 3 times, but they couldn't hear me very well. The last
> time I called them, I made sure they heard me and new what cell phone
> number I was calling from. Vernon also called them, to make sure they new
> we were not leaving the sceen of an accident.
>
> After things calmed down a bit, Vernon had me go to De Smet with Dan and
> Kathy and Allyson, and Dean was the lead in his Motor Home. He dropped the
> Motor Home in our yard with his boat, and unloaded his truck, and they
> went back to get stuff out of our Pontoon boat, so no one would steal the
> contents of the boat. I stayed with Betty.
>
> Dean came back with one load, and he stopped and talked with the Sherriff,
> and we had lost power for a long time, then he went back to get another
> load.
>
> The last time he came back, everyone was with him, and Vernon was driving
> our Motor Home and pulling the boat trailor.
>
> We tried to find a place that was open to get something to eat, I was
> going to buy, since they were helping us, but Kathy said no. We found the
> CowBoy Store had some Pizza's left, so Kathy bought all of them, 2 small
> ones and one large one. We ate and talked, and then Vernon and I came
> home.
>
> Saturday Morning, Dan, Dean, Kathy and Allyson went with Vernon to get the
> damaged Pontoon boat and brot it back here.
>
> Saturday night we had another bad storm, but it was not a tornado, just
> high winds of over60MPH. A tree fell and hit the roof of our house.
>
> Oh, and did I tell you that the Sunday before we went on vacation, my
> dish-washer broke. Sears can't come to fix it until July 6th.
>
> Life is wonderful! Jesus is my Savior.
>
> Thanks much.
> Love and Blessings,
>
> Pat Ferguson
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