Weather, Watching, Worries

Well I see a lot of people logging in to see if there is an update. It is about 3pm and we are waiting for Ike. The sky is getting dark and the wind is picking up but there isn't anything yet. We are expecting the storm to really hit about midnight. People keep calling and asking were we actually live and we are south of Houston in a town called Pearland in Brazoria county. It is the only town in the county that was not manditorally evacuated. They asked us to stay put so the people in danger of drowning in the flood waters had a chance to get out and the roads would not back up and leave them stranded. Our current danger is the wind and we have made a closet under the stairs and the laundry room into bedrooms for the children for the night so they will be safe. We could not board up the house because we have brick on the house and you have to get special clips and they have been out of them for days. Only one house on our street is boarded so hopefully we will be ok.

Joshua and the other kids are doing well. Josh is feeling better this week he is eating a little more and up to 67 pds, Dorothy got her stitch out, Miriam and Ted are doing well in school and Rachel is still spoiled! We have just begun our 3 week break in treatment but one of the differences here is that they still want him to come in every week to be checked. It is hard but I like it because I know they are really watching him and I feel much more secure. Of course we were supposed to come in today but that was cancelled due to Ike so we will go in next week. We were in on Tuesday and his counts were good so that is good news.

Please don't worry to much, we will be ok. We have been watched over through so much already I find it hard to be scared of a hurricane! We are being safe and trying to be prepared and that is all we can do. As soon as the storm passed and we have power I will make another post so watch for that. And thank you for your continued prayers.