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sandi · 08-13-2004, 07:07 PM

I talked to my son as the eye of the hurricane was going over Fort Meade.....

He had decided to go to his church instead of staying at home alone, and I'm so glad that he did... During the time that we were on the phone, I heard screaming in the background, a HUGE oak tree had fallen to the ground. Jeffrey said they could hear it, and feel it... They had already seen one fall near the church. This is a small, very old town and the trees are probably 100 years old, so, you know they're tremendous in size...
He was going to stay at the church tonight since the town has no power and he can help with the 100 or so people who took shelter there, at least they'll have food and water and a place to lay their heads....
I want to thank all of you who prayed for him and for me today... it's been pretty stressful just knowing what was happening back there and watching it on TV and knowing what CAN happen during a hurricane.....

One good thing happened today..... after John being out of a job since December, due to the company leaving San Diego and him working there for 25 years, he got a call this morning, and the interview he had on Monday went well, because he got the job!!!! It's a temp for hire, but the lady was telling him all about their benefits and I think that's pretty good, they wouldn't share that info unless they had plans on hiring him permanently....
So, needless to say after these long months of wondering and worrying and of course some heavy duty praying, it has all come to a good ending....
Thank you everybody who knew about this and kept the situation in your prayers... You're all simply awesome!!!!
My love to you all!