All of a sudden

All of a sudden....

we cannot flip our lights

flush the toilet

cook our food indoors

take a warm, refreshing shower

hear from our friends

have air conditioning...

      And all the other things that result from a power outage. What happened? Well, here in Maryland we have been having record heat (104-105 degrees) and a big storm came through, sweeping across the U.S. from the west and leaving hundreds of thousands in our with our electricity. This was a very unusual storm because there was so much lightning (due to the heat). My parents commented that we would easily be able to read a book all night, with out electricity!

My family had our electricty out for 5 days, so to cool off we bought some fans...












Made use of our swimming pool....
And (not nessesarily part of cooling off) we made jelly on the grill. New adventures are always exciting. And this one was yummy=)

The electricity came back on on the 4th of July (while we were swimming:). We went to Sugarloaf  Mountain and watched fireworks on the mountain. GLORIOUS! We had the pridvelege of bringing along our friends, the Windsors. Mr. Windsor has a strong interest in meteorology, soooooo, when the lightning started drawing our attention from the fireworks, we had a meteorologist on our hands! Thankfully the lighning was well enough away so that it would not hurt us on the mountain. ( And by the way, the lightning was REALLY neat that night. Because the sky was hazy, the lighning was red! How often do you see red lighning?!) We sang God's praises along with some patriotic songs on the mountain.
When we returned home, all of a sudden.......
Our hearts burst with praise when we didn't have to:
Go buy gas for the generator
Remember to bring a flashlight when getting Something from the cold storage room
Go outside to grill in the heat
Relocate fans when they got in the way.
Fill our bathtubs to flush our toilets

Psalm 103:1-2

A Psalm of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.

Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: