Dang, it's HOT in Houston

We're back in Houston it's really HOT! The trip back was much shorter but the girls had a bit of a harder time. When we started the drive back Ophelia told us "we want to do as good on the trip back as we did on the way here." It was so sweet. They tried and really did pretty well just not as well as before. The biggest problem? They didn't want to go back to Texas, they wanted to stay with their friends, Deven and Zachary.

Our time at the Long's was wonderful. We forgot we had evacuated for a storm and felt more like we had never even left IL. The only part that reminded us that there was a three year gap were the ages of our children and that the Long's are in a new town that we don't know at all. We were very well cared for, the Long's church put us up in an extra parsonage they had prepared as a temporary shelter for evacuees, provided us with some basic food supplies, treated us like old friends or family instead of the strangers we were, and the Long's put up with us at their house all day for sharing all our meals together. My favorite part was when we got to share some time worshiping together playing through music we used to do and introducing some new songs to each other. That was so cool. They even allowed us to share a worship offering with the congregation and Becky, Don, Jeremy and I got to sing and play together again for the first time in a very long time. We stayed longer than we planned just because we could and we were having too good of a time to leave! It was great to get to spend so much time with them and we're already talking about our next visit- the girls can't wait.

I'll post some pictures soon! We're doing great- the only real evidence of the storm was the smell of our refrigerator (not as bad as I thought it would be) and the stores being out of dairy, meat and produce. Otherwise everything's great but dang, Houston is HOT! Let us know how you all are doing too!

Jessica