One night around 10:30 p.m, Doug and I were working in our office after the children had gone to bed. We heard yelling and bottles being broken in the streets. We looked out and it appeared there was a fight. We went into the children's bedroom to look out where we could better see what was going on. Soon we looked over to the house beside us and saw that it was on fire! The son had been so angry that he set a room on fire and then left. We soon heard pounding on our door. It was the neighbor lady telling us to get out. Although it was unlikely the fire would reach our house because the houses are made of concrete, she was concerned about gas tanks exploding etc., and possibly putting us in danger. We woke the children up and she took us to her house where we waited for the fire trucks to come. We waited and waited and finally some of the people went around the community and got the fire extinguishers and went in to put out the fire. Doug also helped by hooking up our hose and shooting water into the room on fire. The fire trucks arrived about 30 minutes later - after the fire was put out. :-) And when they came, they didn't have any water! It's good we didn't wait on them!
Thankfully, no one was hurt in the fire, but the neighbors lost everything in that room, plus the whole entire second floor of their house was coated with black soot. They had a royal mess on their hands!
This was the room that was burned. The picture was taken from our boys' bedroom window - about 12 feet away.
The truck of soot and ashes that they hauled away.
Doug (scrubbing wall behind neighbor man in picture below) offered to help them wash down the walls with our pressure washer. You can see the difference it is making in taking the scum of soot off.
Baptism pictures - A wonderful milestone for the church was when we baptized 12 people! Both B. & R. chose to be baptized as well. R. wrote her testimony and Doug translated it to the people. I am so sorry - I did not get any shots of B. I was focusing on getting a video shot and missed the photo shot. Below are photos of some of the ones who were baptized.
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Dear Doug & Kim, I finally found all your wonderful pictures clear back to Christmas! I enjoyed them so much, They really encouaged me to see all that God is helping you to do there. Thank the LORD for protecting you all in the recent fire so close to you. I'm sure the neighbor appreciated doug using the pressure washer, What a great time-saver! We are so thankful for the dry weather so we could get the first 24 rows of sweet corn planted. God does still answer prayer. Praise the LORD! Carol Yerian
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