Final Touches...latest house update

 

 

 

 



 

 

A new screen door, siding and roof fixed, railing rust removed and repainted…these are just some of the jobs accomplished by Samaritan’s Purse volunteers over the last two weeks.

 

Imagine coming home from work each day to discover something else new or fixed or redone by the hands of angels. That has been our life since Samaritan’s Purse ministries started rebuilding our house in November 2013 from the damage left by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

 

It’s been a long time getting back to normal living, but a time God has used for pruning. You can’t go through a storm like this and be the same person. Every time I ride my bike by the bay, I picture the water rushing in; I pass the recreation center that was used as a temporary donation and supply center with lines of people out the door; trees slant away from the ocean as if running from the surge of the storm; some homes were abandoned, unable to be fixed…but I also see beauty and renewal, homes rebuilt, flowers planted.

 

We’ve met so many wonderful people through Samaritan’s Purse, volunteers and staff who have the heart of Jesus. We have been blessed through our trials in ways we never expected—even in meeting other families who Samaritan’s Purse is helping. We get to share our experiences and understand.

 

I pray after all of this we’ve become better servants for Christ.

 

Do you not know?

  Have you not heard?

The Lord is the everlasting God,

  the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He will not grow weary,

  and His understanding no one can fathom.

He gives strength to the weary

  and increases the power of the weak.

Even youths grow tired and weary,

  and young men stumble and fall;

but those who hope in the Lord

  will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

  they will run and not grow weary,

  they will walk and not be faint.  

Isaiah 40:28-31 NIV