We had a lovely and somewhat exciting Memorial Day weekend.
Saturday we cleaned our church for Sunday services.
Sunday we went to church and then in the evening to one of John's old pastor's retirement party. John's sister and family came to this and for the rest of the weekend. While we were at the party an announcement was made that the sirens were going off and we were under a tornado warning. At the end of the party an announcement was made that someone who had been there lost their barn and part of there house and then on 2 block walk back to our house some neighbors came out to say that half of Parkersburg was gone and that the storm was headed North. We immediately thought of a few people we knew in that area and prayed they were in a safe place and called a few cell phones and Elizabeth's mom to let them know we were thinking of them. Then we headed to John's parents for the rest of the evening, but decided to go back to our house to leave Elizabeth's car in the garage incase of hail and bring John's car along with Sesame, our rabbit, back to John's parents. When we were on our way back to Mom and Dad Neely's the sirens started going off again and a very dark cloud seemed to be heading our way; with lots of prayers and humming On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand we made it safely back to Mom and Dad's to spend time with the family, watch Pollyanna, and wait out the storm.
Monday Elizabeth got up and made a sunflower cake (I'll post pictures later) and called her sister Tammy in California to let her know that a birthday cake was being made. We brought the ingredients for a chili supper over to Mom and Dad's and spent the rest of the day with John's family. What a fun day spent with family!
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