Wildfire

Texas is in the midst of the worst drought in about 60 years!  Other than the blazing hot temperatures this summer we've been relatively unaffected... until this week.  A fire broke out about 30 miles north of where I live and work.  Smoke billowed out over our campus and we were told to implement the first stage of our evacuation plan. Everyone packed a bag of their most valuable possessions and clothes and the vehicles were readied for a speedy exit. This caused quite a stir of emotions as the kids had to pick and chose their most precious belongings.  And the prayers went up.  God covered our campus with his protection.  Right down the road we watched smoke billowing up from the fire.  Officials evacuated the houses down the road from us.  And we prayed again and again. We went to bed fully expecting to get a phone call in the middle of the night telling us to leave.  It didn't come.  In fact, the next morning when we got up, the smoke was significantly less on our campus.  We spent a couple more days on official notice, but never had to evacuate. God is good!  And as devastating as the fires are, it is a reassurance that he DOES have his hand all over this campus.  These are HIS kids and he will watch over them and protect them!