Tornado warning

March 29-18

Well, as you can see, I survived the Tornado. I will back up to where I so abruptly left off blogging.

I was finishing in Jennings and letting you know that I was unable to get any information on my Grandfather,except that the records were being held in another County (Parish) that was West of me, and I am not going backwards to get it, (maybe next time), he will keep. I stopped by to say Hi to the nail tech that I adopted last time I went through and he didn't remember me but he remembered my white hair. Oh, well, you can't win them all. (sad face). I went to the Dollar Store next door and adopted to ladies that were traveling. I heard one of them say, “Thank you Jesus!” so I commented that they were talking about my friend. We had a nice chat and they asked me to pray for Chris (you can pray too) who was 49 with stomach cancer, they were on their way to visit him.

I left Jennings and after finding out that my Nephew and Niece were out of the area, so I wouldn't be able to see them in Lafayette, LA, I traveled on to Mississippi. I stopped at a Walmart in Brookhaven, MS just in time to hear EP's message at Bible Study. Wow! Life changing!

March 28, 2018

I awakened to see a neighbor RVer next door, pulling a trailer. Jeff was preparing to leave, as I was, and we chatted and I gave him my card and offered myself up for adoption as his Grandma. (It is fun to see their expression when I do that). He was a boilermaker. I told him I had never met a boilermaker before, then he asked me if I knew what they did. Turns out, he doesn't really make boilers, he works at oil refineries, on their machinery, he said, long hard hours. He was on his way home to Alabama.

It was just starting to rain, but as I traveled, it soon stopped. I have had cloudy skies, which are perfect for me, for driving.

I arrived at my friends, the Grant's in Mississippi around 11 AM.. (They were the ones I spent a week with the last time I came through). They are in their 80's and still going strong in spite of the fact that he just got out of the hospital the day before and she had symptoms of the flu. When I arrived, he was mowing their large yard on a riding mower and they both helped me hook up. (They used to have an RV and they have the full hook-up for friends who need it. (like me! Woopee!)

My goal was to arrive here before the “heavy rains” that they were forecasting for the next day., and I made it! The weather was in the 80's, but cloudy and a little humid. We visited awhile, then Sis. Grant went out to chase some insistent geese away from the island in the middle of the pond (a “goose-ideal” place to nest). Sis. Grant's method was to use “Roman Candle” fireworks which sounds like gun shots and emittes star-like sparks and smoke. Each “Candle” does 5 loud shots. She had purchased a case of them when they were in season, so she had plenty. They had attempted to try to scare them away with a shot gun last year, firing in the air, but the geese ignored that, and didn't leave. They leave such a mess, they don't want this to be “Goose haven”. Maybe the geese were born here and their DNA is bringing them back, I don't know but the Grants hope this method works and the geese do go away with all the noise and ruckus, but they keep coming back.

I noticed their yard had, what looked to me like, Gopher mounds and holes. I asked if they were Gopher holes and they said, no they were Crayfish (We called them Crawdad) holes, known as “Chimneys”.. WHAT! In the dirt? A long way from the pond? I Googled it and sure enough, check it out, they live in the water in the tunnels and lay thei eggs. It is suspected that the lack of-ball “bricks” in a round pile sometimes 5 inches high. WOW! Look it up, it was hard to believe because I always knew “Crawdads” to be the river and streams, not on land! OK, enough of the oxygen in the water causes them to build a “Chimney” by carrying little dirt balls in their claws to the surface and layering little dirt Crayfish, on to bigger things.

I was able to wash clothes in the house. OK,I was going to tell you how the “washing clothes riding along” worked out. Well, the clothes got really clean, but their was a problem. I forgot about rinsing and how much water it would use doing that, so I was really glad to be able to wash in their washing machine. My Sister will be happy to know that they got really white too. (She likes real white clothes.)

At about 3:30 PM. I got a message on my phone that said there was a Tornado “watch” in the area until 11 PM and to “watch” for a warning, which would mean to take immediate cover. I finished washing and folding and putting away the clothes and was preparing for bed and writing my blog when it came! The “Warning...Tornado in the area, take immediate shelter!”. I had my “overnight” bag already prepared, I stopped blogging,I closed all the windows, vents etc..,called the Grant's, told them I was coming to the house (which was pre-arranged, they had my bed made up and everything). I unplugged everything, turned the lights off and lit out for the house. It hadn't started raining so I stayed dry. It was about 8:30 PM and the warning was in effect until 9:15 PM.

I wasn't scared, but excited, I didn't want to miss anything! I trust God and I prayed that His will be done, and I was OK with whatever that was. I am OK with dying, because this World is not my home anyway. God made me. He put me here on this Earth to be a Steward over what He has given me. When I go back to Him, I will be held accountable for how I did. I only want Him to say, “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” I guess I have more to do. Woopee, more time to get it right! (Matt 25)

There was a lot of wind and rain but I went to sleep and this Morning, we assessed everything and all was well. The only thing that was out of order was the sewer hose had blown off of it's rack to the ground, I just put it back and no damage. The best thing was that I got the RV washed, which it needed badly, lots of bugs and dust from Texas and beyond. It looks really good now! Thank God for protecting us all, He is so good! Today I plan to work on my taxes, ugh! I don't have a lot of time, all I did was write this blog and it is 3:15 PM already. It was raining this morning and now the sun is out. The storm has passed over, it always does! We need to remember that when storms come into our life.