Hurricane Helene — Goodbye and THANK YOU ALL

 Yes, only hours after the broken water pipe the power went off for 4.5 days...

Tree down near greenhouse...

Creek near road washed out...

warnings

Bridge totally out

Arounf 7 on 27th walked out from front door as garage is electric and am shut in without power

Last bridge

near greenhouse

The Vedder Estate...

Sorry no longer able to reply to comments as I'm in constant pain from thoracic spine area near stent–graft area from repair of tear in aorta...

My Pieter is reaching out to me for Christmas together in heaven.

It hurts to let go of family and loved ones and for kind of abandoning my 3 senior kitties of 17 years + 8 months.

Trusting those that love me will care for them when I'm gone.

It is weird for feeling life being slowly snuffed out but I'm not afraid as my soul is being carried by so many loved ones... 

Did admire Pieter for being such a rock in Faith all till his final breath.

Grateful for having lived in Faith and having found True Love! So grateful to all the support from the entire world, I felt uplifted!

Leaving my writings with now 4,800,000 views for my humble blog...

THANKS

Broken Water Pipe

 On September 26, I had a big scare...

First the Hurricane Warning at 17:32
That was the time I went downstairs to feed the 3 kitties...

Then at 18:53 there was so much water in the staircase area...

Yep, sure needed help in getting the water out.

My Catholic teens came to the rescue and helped with the squeegee to get the water into the garage and out...

By 19:20 someone came and turned off the main valve, as he discovered a broken pipe.

That was the culprit, right under the front porch, where the water pipe entered from outside, it needed repair.

Home Depot was already closed in anticipation of Hurricane Helene so an old piece got used...

A large dehumidifier was left and 4 fans...

Two fans in staircase area...

This one in the laundry room...

Another one in the laundry room...

BUT—by 1:30 AM, I had no power due to Hurricane Helene!
Only 4.5 days later we could finally use the wet vac.

Not a happy time...

But compared to others I cannot complain!

Pieter wrote: Our Weapon—A Powerful Gesture together with Prayer

 At times we find messages that really stand out! This I found on August 17...

In Dutch, Pieter wrote: Ons Wapen = Our Weapon

It was glued to a kind of diary that Pieter kept.

A cross with the four letter word: INRI = Latin for King of the Jews

Iesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum

Latin uses the I instead of the English J

It actually is a Cursillo Cross and on its back it reads: CHRIST IS COUNTING ON YOU

Also a Crucifix Rosary Ring from Italy hails from Pieter's Cursillo...

On Thursday, May 4 of 1995, my Pieter left by 2:00 PM for Savannah. His friend Hank Basedow let him know last minute that he was not going. Pieter had agreed to join because of him, for being one more time together with a special friend...

But he left now with Church friend Pat Roche.

Pieter came home from Savannah on Sunday, May 7 by 8:00 PM.

A nice letter from Walt Kessel, the organizer, who passed away on January 23, 2021

Hank passed away in February of 1997 and Pat on August 8, 2005.

Fond memories of brothers in Christ.

Our nation has very strongly used its weapon of the cross and prayer over the past months.

God has listened to His People and things seem to be changing!

Happy Thanksgiving to all in the USA