Our House Today

Many people have been asking about how our house is doing. I thought pictures would more clearly show why we aren't living there for a while. Needless to say from the photos, we will have plenty of work to do putting all back together even after the floors and walls are fixed. Thank you for continuing to pray for us and all of Nashville.

The den with ServPro driers in action.

Our bedroom, bathroom and closet area.

All of our stuff from downstairs piled into our dining room and living room.

The playroom with more stuff from downstairs.

A closer look at our dining room.

Hardwood, carpet, and stuff that was lost in the flood, a small amount in comparison to many.

Even when the floods come, our sweet kiddos keep growing and changing. Christian turned 4 months yesterday and rolled over for the first time. What a huge blessing this little guy is to all of our lives!

Nashville Recovering

Boston.com has compiled a set of unbelievable photographs to display the devastation in Nashville. Our loss is not small, but the recovery is in sight, even if it will be a few weeks. These guys will be months or years from recovery. For many of them they will not ever be able to recover fully from this terrible flood.

Please continue to pray for our city.

(HT:Kristi)

Andi is 3 and Nashville is Wet

What a weekend! We were ready to go. Cake was bought. Balloons were up. Craft was ready. 25 people were on their way to celebrate our little girl's 3rd birthday. Then, at about 2:30 on Saturday afternoon, I stepped out of our bedroom into a puddle of water in our den. Needless to say, we were not prepared for it.

Thankfully, some our sweet friends didn't get the text alert about the cancellation. They came, we celebrated and we averted any major problem by moving a few things with their help (or so we thought).

We went to bed thinking things might be better in the morning. But the rains just didn't stop. One friend came early to help find the source of the leaks. But the rains just didn't stop and we couldn't keep up with the water. We called in a neighbor, who brought more friends, and they quickly moved all the furniture from downstairs up to the dining room. Me and the kids bunkered down in the toy room and played lots of distracting games. Later on, even more friends came to fight off the water and try to salvage the walls and bathroom as best they could.

We were able to save most of the stuff from the basement, but all the floors and some of the walls will have to be replaced. We are very aware that we fortunate to have lost as little as we did. There are many others in Nashville who are without all of their belongings. We are also overwhelmingly blessed by the many people that came to help, offered to help, called or sent messages to check on us or offered us a place to stay. We, once again, feel very loved.

As for now, we are staying with a friend until the downstairs is livable once again. Please pray that we will have patience with one another and with those that are helping restore our home. And that by the grace of our Lord, we will choose to hold loosely to the things of this world and tightly to He that gives all things to us.