Day 13 ~ Snow in November! What happened to Autumn?

The snow starting to fall

They promised us snow and they gave it to us! This is a picture I took on the way home from work.  Just so you know, the cars in front of me were NOT moving so I could take this picture safely!

in front of my house

The tree on my lawn!

Day 9 ~ Going to Church with no Heat!

my church, taken from the narthex during the Offering.

We usually have two services on Sunday but we got notified that, because of limited power and NO HEAT caused by Hurricane Sandy, we were having a combined service at 10am.  It was a good service. We had no sound system, no jumbo~tron screens in the front that flashed the Bible Verses and songs for the day but,yet, because we gathered in Jesus' Name and we had love for one another, it was a great time, singing from the hymnal and praying for each other.  Pastor Del gave opportunity for people to give testimonies of God's provision through the storm and, during those times, people kept offering their homes for places to sleep, shower, do laundry or eat.  It was proof to me that people can show the Love of Christ to each and, by doing so, truly showing ourselves to be made in the Image of God.

When the children were released to go to Children's Church, I went to where they gathered so I could make an announcement to them that Jr NYI, their youth group, was NOT meeting tonight, as scheduled because of  Hurricane Sandy.  I took the above picture before I entered the sanctuary. As you see, the doors were closed while I took the shot.  You can see Pastor Brad at the Piano on the right and the people bundled up in their coats.

Despite that, we all were warmed in God's Presence. For wherever Love is, there is God.

Day 8 ~ A Crying Shame...

in the back of Shoprite in Bordentown

In my job, I go to a lot of Supermarkets and everywhere I go, I see scenes like above. Tons of food having to be thrown out because of Hurricane Sandy and the power outage she caused.  When I am in the back room of supermarkets there are lots of employees just opening up frozen packages and throwing out the spoils while they put the cardboard in an other location.

I have to say, I hate to see all this waste.  And to think there are people now who have no heat, no water and no food!

I hope and pray this is all resolved soon!

Day 4 ~ Hurricane Sandy Aftermath

The wind blowing around our School Crossing Sign

Thank God we survived Hurricane Sandy without any damage. We lost power for a while but it came back on at 130am.  We lost our Cable Television but, who cares, we have the internet.  Above is a picture of a School Crossing sign right on our corner that became unhinged. The wind is still blowing and you can see it is slightly lifted.

Here is a side view; the wind is a'blowing!

and a back view, my house, still standing in the background!

a few blocks down, a street is closed due to the tilting power line

A neighbor, who sadly had this tree fall on their house.

The Little League Field bleachers blew over!

right by the Little League Field; the tree is peeled back like a banana!

We hope all is well with you and that Hurricane Sandy didn't treat you too bad!

See you tomorrow!