THANK YOU ALL...

...for your kind outpouring of prayers and thoughts. We don't know whether to say again, or still. This is getting kind of old and sometimes we do have to wonder "why us?"

This afternoon daddy's fire department put on a birthday party for Rebekah to replace the one she didn't get last night. It is difficult to call 911 and tell them your house is burning down. But it is FAR more difficult to call Grandma and say we can't have Rebekah's birthday party. Not only did the fire department save our house but today they saved Rebekah's birthday.



Rebekah received just a perfect mix of some clothes, stuffed animals, baby dolls and other fun items. With all of the people (especially the other little kiddos) and the food and presents she and Sarah were both quite happy.

Today mommy and daddy were on the phone with the girls. Mommy and daddy stayed in the trailer last night (oh no, the trailer again!) at the house. It got down to 23 degrees and was snowing, burrr. The girls stayed at Grandma's. Anyway, while on the phone Grandma asked if we were going to stay "at the house" tonight and Rebekah in the background could clearly be heard saying "Not my house. My house boo boo." It was cute and sad all at the same time.

Today has been very difficult going into the house. You can't turn around with crying. Then we come back to the trailer and see all the support from all of you and we can't help but crying even more with joy. The first salvage guy came today for an initial view. The belief is that just about everything is going to have to be stripped to the studs and rebuilt. All of the attic will need replaced. They believe they can clean all of the clothes okay but the food is gone as are most of the toys.

Many have been asking what they could send or do to help, or about paypal. All of this notwithstanding, we are going to have Thousands of dollars of medical bills out of pocket the first couple of months of the year as Rebekah's trust is about empty. You can still donate to Rebekah's trust (www.HelpRebekah.com for info) and that will help. Money donated to her trust can not be used for our general every day needs and if you really wanted you can send to daddy's paypal account (paypal AT attorney adams DOT com - of course deleting the spaces and using the characters instead of the capitals.) Or you could send gift cards to Toys R Us, Costco, or Target. We don't like asking but we also don't like telling you nothing when you ask about helping.

Most of all, we need your prayers as this is becoming really REALLY stressful.