MAJOR PRAYER REQUESTS:

I have several prayer requests right now:

First and foremost, our cousin Ryan and his wife delivered their daughter last night. Baby Ella Jo was born weighing 1 lbs 3 ozs at roughly 24 weeks gestation. Please add this family to your prayers... from what we told Baby Ella is holding her own for now. Please pray for a quick recovery from the surgery for Taryn. This is not going to be an easy road for them, but with God's grace and lots of prayers it should make it a bit easier.

Secondly, the Bismarck area is suffering greatly from flooding. My aunt, cousin and uncle and his entire family have been evacuted from their homes (all in different parts of the south side of Bismarck). We have spent the better part of the morning moving belongings and helping in any way that we can.

Heavenly Father-
With you grace and strength please surround us in our struggles and give us hope. Keep baby Ella, Ryan and Taryn in your arms during this journey for them. Please help the residents of our area to be able to stay strong and put their trust in you.
Amen...

The Flood of 2009

This picture was taken off the patio of a river front bar. If you look towards the back of the picture you will see the Expressway bridge ...you can also see the water line mear feet from the bottom of the bridge. This water has not been this high in YEARS...

I feel horrible for the people in our area who have been evacuated from their homes and we went and helped fill sandbags and such, but at this point there really isn't much we can do but pray.

Part of me can't help but think that this is God's wake up call for us all... alot of these homes were built on the previous riverbed of the Missouri River here in Bismarck, but because of the budding building in the area they have held water back for years so that they could build on the property....

I pray for these families and I mourn their losses with them... please say a little prayer for everyone.