Blessings in the rain!

Sometimes God gives us a time of rain and we can't see the

sunshine. 

As I have mentioned many times on my blog my family and I

have been in that time of waiting for God to give us answers. 

Last Wednesday night I joined in on the day of prayer and

fasting here and my Dad and I also set aside a time of fasting

Wednesday night where we specifically prayed for God to

show us clear direction on our families move,

timing and location of it all. 

Well I think God had been whispering it to us all along

but we had choices to make about which land to build on and

we weren't wanting to rush any decisions. 

So let me warn you when you pray and fast and two or more

come together before God expect to get answers.

God didn't whisper this time he shouted!

So you can fully understand what I am about to tell you I

need to tell you my parents and sister's living situation first. 

My parents live in a condo that has a basement.  Above their

condo is another condo where a single older man lives alone,

next to his condo is where my sister and brother in law live

with their family.  So my parents are diagonal to my sister. 

On Friday my brother in law was working in my parent's

basement.  Friday evening is my parent's date night

so my Mom and Dad left and said bye to my brother in law

who was still in the basement working.  My parent's decided

to see a movie that night and drove all the way to the theater

to realize that they were a few minutes too late for the movie

and decided to just head back home. 

They got home and started watching TV when they heard a

loud boom coming from the condo above them.  The Man

that lives above them is disabled and older and has often 

needed my Dad's help so my Dad was worried when he heard

the thud that the man had fallen and needed help.  So my

Dad went up to check it out and realized smoke was coming

out of the attic and the Man's door was dead-bolted.  My Dad

ran to get my brother in law.  They worked on forcing his

door open.  My Dad literally used all of his body strength and

busted the door down.  Immediately black smoke shot out the

door and my Dad and brother in law tried to go in and find

their neighbor but it was too dangerous the smoke was too

hot and thick they couldn't see or breath.  They had already

called 911 in the process and ran to all the neighbors

(including my sister and her kids) to get out.  Everyone was

freaking out thinking about the neighbor who was still up in

that fire.  The fire department got there and was getting

ready to go in when the man from upstairs pulled up in his

car clueless to what had been going on in his condo. 

Praise God he wasn't home when the fire broke. 

The loud boom that my Dad had heard wasn't him falling but

it was a kitchen cabinet that was on fire falling.

So the Man from upstairs quickly learned that my Dad and

brother in law where ready to sacrifice their lives for him.

This in it self is a testimony because this man is not a 

Christian and most people wouldn't left a finger to help him. 

He hasn't exactly been the kindest neighbor. 

 I really feel God used this situation to show

God's love to him through my Dad. 

Ok so back to this fire.  The fire fighters later found out that

the fire was an electrical fire caused by the dishwasher. 

The Man's condo is totaled. My parent's condo is also

unlivable for a couple months it was soaked with water from

the firefighters and filled with smoke.  My sister's condo is

still livable but they did have to cut a hole in her wall and

ceiling to get to the fire.  

First of all let me say Praise God that no one was hurt. 

This was a really bad fire but nobody was hurt. 

It is literally a miracle that my parents decided to drive all

the way home from the movie.  If they hadn't things could

have been bad really bad.  My brother in law would have still

been in the basement oblivious to the fire until it might have

been to late.  My sister was literally on the third floor in the

room right next to the fire with her two small girls.  If they

hadn't been told about the fire they could have gotten

trapped up there with no way out. 

All around this is an absolute miracle.

We asked God on Wednesday night to show us his timing

about when to move and my parents condo is literally

unlivable because of a fire 2 days later. Hmmm. 

I think God is making it pretty clear. 

Especially to my parents, that the time to move is NOW.

So now we are just praying and trusting that God will bring

the right buyer along for our house at the right time and

speed up our adoption finalization. 

Trust me it isn't going to take a fire to get me to move.

What amazes me the most is how my parents are handling all

of this.  They are staying at a hotel with most of their things

ruined.   My Dad is sore from breaking down the dead bolted

door.  There home was destroyed yet they feel and know that

God is in control and continue to praise him. 

They have a peace and Joy even in the rain. 

Praise God for his never ending love and faithfulness.