Praying for my friends....

Here we are almost exactly 3 years after Katrina and I am sitting watching the news to see what this hurricane has in store for New Orleans. I am very thankful that we no longer live there, but this brings back so many memories and feelings from when we were going through it just 3 short years ago.

The fear, the unknown, the anxiety of being able to go back "home" Those were some of the many emotions that we felt while evacuated to GA. I know that my friends that are evacuated are having some of the same feelings. During times like this it is so important to remember that God is in control and that He has a plan. Our God is bigger than any cat. 5 hurricane and that we have to trust and believe in Him. I will never forget hearing on the news during Katrina that Plaquemines Parish was GONE and that the Gulf Of Mexico was now where it was. I was devastated. I remember asking God why? How could this happen. Corey just got home from Iraq we just started living together again as a family after being away from eachother for a year and then this happens. I was only thinking the worst at this point. I could just vision water in my house and all my things floating around. What an AWFUL feeling. Then the phone call saying that everything on the base was fine, no damage. Tears of relief rolled down my face. Then the questions started again.... "How did we have no damage?" We were in the parish that was declared a disaster area and we had no damage. I give God the praise and glory on this one because that is the only answer that I have.

Last night, watching the news I was thinking "cafe du monde is right around the corner from where they are standing" "look there is the ferry" "that is where we stood during the Mardi Gras Parade" We have so many memories there! New Orleans isnt a place that I think that I would ever want to move back to, but we have memories there and those memories will never be forgotten.

My thoughts and prayers are with all those that had to evacuated. I pray Gods mercy on LA and that they will all have something to go home to. I am trusting and believing that all the areas where my friends live are going to be okay and that they will be able to go back home and get back to "everyday life"

We love and miss you all!!!!