SUN VALLEY REUNION POSTPONED (Update #2 After the Storm)

Please let me know if you have been notified by email, a phone call, or have kept up with this blog that the reunion has been postponed.

I had told you that Clear Lake Church of Christ went through the storm never losing power; well, it seems we all spoke too soon! Today we apparently blew a fuse and our building is half "on" and half "off." We do not have internet service and because we have been up to our necks in hurricane relief, I haven't had any time to focus on making personal calls about the reunion being postponed. I need your help in spreading the word so that people don't make the trip in vain.

We have received two 18-wheeler truckloads of relief supplies from the Church of Christ Disaster Relief organization out of Nashville, Tennessee and have essentially become a small distribution center for our members, other Church of Christ congregations, and a neighborhood apartment complex for which we serve through our outreach ministry. Our Family Activity Center (aka GYM) is full of water and all kinds of supplies. Several individuals and congregations have also brought supplies and or are supporting our relief efforts by sending donations which will be put to good use. Many homes extending from Galveston to northeast Texas are still without power. Gasoline supply is limited and grocery stores are still trying to stock their produce and perishable items.

I realize Hurricane Ike is already old news for some cities and states, but it is going to be many months before the Houston-Galveston area and beyond are going to be able to get back on their feet. Please pray for the many families who have suffered complete devastation of their homes or lost a loved one as a result of this storm; be thankful that even as bad as it was, it wasn't worse. For me, this is definitely a lesson not to take things for granted. We really are so blessed!

Anyway, bear with me concerning the reunion as it's not cancelled, but postponed. I guess another waiting period will make our reunion celebration even sweeter.