Demolition

The demolition has begun...yesterday we teamed up and cleaned out the shed. That in itself was a chore. Lots of stuff to be sorted through and thrown out. We were able to save some of the kids's school work which is now laying all over the place drying out. The shed looks a lot larger empty! Then there is the deck...Steve, along with Katherine, my brother Rich, Shawna ( a dear friend), Roque and Alisha took to the deck with sledge hammers, saws, flat bars, and drills. They took down the first part and part of the upper level. It was an interesting thing watching that come down, and Steve and Rich plan out the new deck. We also just about got the kitchen back in order. We have been washing and bleaching everything-but..in the middle of cooking dinner, trying to clear places to sit down and eat, cleaning up from the shed/deck project...I walked into the living room and noticed the couch was wet...really wet. Confused, I looked around and discovered the ceiling was dripping wet and had been leaking on to the couch. It was buckled and about to come down. We pulled all stops and attacked that...turns out something is wrong with the a/c and it is leaking into the ceiling. We cleaned everything up, the ceiling did not collapse, but we have no a/c for the moment and it is hot! Right at that same moment, Doreen (sister-in-law) was heating up the oven to cook and it caught on fire! LOL. Turns out I had dropped a baby shoe inside the oven when I was drying those out, and it caught on fire. Steve, really busy dealing with the ceiling, stopped to put out the fire! All of that happened within a few minutes of each other. It would not have been funny in the least if we didn't have 10 people in the house at that moment, all of us with at least some sense of humor...so instead of tears, we laughed! My Sunday School lesson today finishes up Joseph. I love the last section in Genesis 50:20 where Joseph tells his brothers that "...God meant it unto good..." In all things, even this moment, knowing God has a plan that I may not know or be able to see is comfort and peace. There is much to do, still lots of cleanup and lots of packing to do, and of course the insurance company to deal with, but no matter...God is sovereign. He knows the plans He has for us! Demoloshing/clearing out the clutter will give us more opportunities for a clean start and new growth!