I made it through the hardest night I can ever imagine. I never went to sleep. Me, Wes, Hayden and Gracie all snuggled in tight on the bed. I went from docile, to praying, to crying and just kept that cycle up all night. The thoughts of "what now?" Just kept running through my head. All I wanted to do was sleep, and hope that when I woke up it would all just be a bad dream.
Morning came. It was Memorial Day. A dear friend of mine brought over all kinds of breakfast items for us. And she gave me a message (she is a message therapist) it helped get me through. The Bishop came over and he and Wes planned out what they were going to do. They and several men in our church ward were headed out to our house to see if there was anything to salvage. My only request to them was...Please find our Wedding rings, a journal from Wes' childhood and a few other things. We had a prayer, and they were off.
When they got out to New Hartford the road was blocked off by the highway patrol and national guard. Nobody was getting through unless they had ID proving they lived in the disaster area. Well guess what? Our ID was somewhere in the rubble along with checks, credit cards, debit cards....everything. Wes remembered that he had the insurance policy, thank heavens, and that got him and the other men through the barricade.
As they pulled up to the house, Wes saw a man going through our rubble and instantly ran over and said what are you doing. There had already been trouble of looters, so naturally he was not pleased. The man turned around and it was a person from our church who had heard the news and was there to help. How amazing all these men were to give up a beautiful Memorial Day to come and help us. Again we were so blessed.
Shortly after they got working, my wedding ring was found in the grass, then soon after that Wes' was found. Everything I had asked for that day was found. All of the precious things that I had asked God for, I got back. ...Tender Mercies....that's what they were. A little bit of light in a dark time. ~E
4 comments:
I can't even imagine. What a blessing Ward families are!
Erin - thanks for sharing this with us. I can only image the heart ache you went through (and still go through).
Wow.. what a trial to endure, I cannot even imagine what you went through. You were definately being watched over.
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