Sunday, September 14, 2008

SUN VALLEY REUNION POSTPONED (Update #1 After the Storm)

For those of you that are living someplace other than Houston, Texas, and have Internet service, we are unfortunately going to have to postpone the Sun Valley Reunion which was scheduled for next weekend. With one week left, Hurricane Ike decided he had other plans for our area.

Although Clear Lake Church of Christ never lost power at the building and was very fortunate in that we just had some water damage in the auditorium due to a leak in the roof and not flooding, many of us are still without power at our homes. With the wide spread devastation, it is going to take many months for clean up and at this point in time, I would venture to say that the reunion wouldn't be rescheduled until after the first of the year with the holiday months quickly approaching.

I regret having to make this decision, and for those of you that will have to pay a penalty fee due to canceling reservations at the last moment, I am so very sorry. Please spread the word to all that you know whether they intended to attend or not, and I just pray that we can notify as many people as possible so that they don't travel here in vain. Please reply that you have been notified of this change by posting your comments.

As soon as I am able to post another update and or have a tentative date to work toward, I will let you know. Much work on clean up, restoring power, rebuilding, and recovery from this storm will now begin throughout this region and your prayers are appreciated. A good number of our members will be camping out at the church until power is restored to our individual homes.

Again, I'm so sorry for any inconvenience this poses for you and your family, but I just don't see any way to pull this off especially with the situation with the gasoline shortage and the current crises.

1 comment:

Denise Bynum said...

I totally understand the need to reschedule. There's really no other choice. As for me here in San Antonio, rescheduling is a blessing. We weren't going to be able to make it next weekend, but now may actually get to attend the reunion to come! We certainly hope everyone pulled through Ike OK. Our prayers are with all of you who were in the path of the storm.
Denise (Root) Bynum