This morning, Hillcrest buses and vans, loaded with high school students and many from staff, will leave the campus here in Fergus Falls and travel to Fargo, N.D. to help in the sandbagging effort.
I ask for your prayers as our neighbors to the west battle floodwaters.
This flood is near if not, in places, above historic 1997 levels.
At this time I recall a friend's battle with floodwaters from 1997. Her property that included her residence plus an upstairs apartment she rented out, was in an area that had been heavily sandbagged. There were sandbags along the river and surrounding her house. One night the city engineer in Wahpeton came to her and said, "Pat, I'm afraid you will have to leave your home. We've done all we can and you need to leave for your safety." The ground around her home was very soggy and it looked as if the river would win this fight.
She prayed and told the Lord, her home was in his hands and whatever his will was for her at this time, she would accept it. And she left to stay with a friend.
Within hours, she received a call from the engineer. She could return home because, miracle of miracle, the ground around her home was now firm. There was no leaking anymore of sandbags.
What an awesome God we have!
There are numerous school cancellations for the Red River Valley area. Roads are closed. And while all the attention is placed, right now, on the cities of Fargo-Moorhead and Wahpeton-Breckenridge, there are also numerous small towns and farms in the valley dealing with overland flooding and flooding from the river.
Again, please keep these people who live in the area and our school in your prayers.
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We have been keeping up with the news both on our American T.V. channels as well as the Internet about the floods not only in the States but in Winnipeg and area as well. It sounds like parts of the highway south of Winnipeg to the border will be closed. And Kirsten and Jeff has kept us updated on their situation in Moorhead. I think they will be O.K. but of course they have friends who are in the flood plain. We know a little bit about it here in Calgary as well because we have had flooding right in our Fish Creek Park just below us a few years ago and areas in the city along the river as well as small towns outside of Calgary. It is a frightening experience. We are keeping you in our prayers.
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