The State is on Fire

If you haven't noticed, CO is on fire. So far at least 500+ people have lost their homes that I know of. We had quite the scare here in colorado springs during last week, and thankfully all of our family's homes are safe, but we lost about 350 homes. I have been strengthened by the trust in God I have seen and the community banding that has occured. I am even more grateful for all our public service members, Firefighters, Police, forest service, city office people, sherrif's department, and of course the CO National Guard where Tony is currently serving to help keep the roads that are closed, well closed, and to prevent any bad people from entering those closed areas to make a bad situation worse for a family (who are these people that think "hey, that community is evacuated, let's go steal their stuff" they must be really desperate or really crazy). We increased our household population by 5 humans and 1 dog on Tuesday, but by the weekend they were all able to go home. In the meantime, a fire in Estes Park threatened our grandparent's house, and burned 20 homes, and the high park fire- largest in colorado history- continued to burn. Today, the Waldo Canyon Fire is at 55% containment with only 1000 people still evacuated (down from 30,000+), and the High Park Fire is at 100% containment, and no one we know has lost their homes. WE ARE SO THANKFUL. God is so good and I know He will use this tragedy to bring us all together and will show His hand in all of this. We continue to pray for rain and guidance and peace over those who have lost their homes.