How goes it?

How is everyone doing?
You on track with your eating?
You exercising?
Do you need prayer for anything?

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On a serious note, in case no one has heard, please be praying for Bekki and the whole family (hubby Rob, mum & dad Elly & David, sis Debs & HB).  She went into hospital on Thursday.  She has blood clots on her lungs and is in a lot of pain.  They're giving her blood thinners, she's on bed rest, & she may be released Monday.  I got all this info from Debs' tweets, which you can find a live feed of and link to via her blog, in case you're not a tweeter.

My Dad

Hey guys. I just wanted to pop in and ask for prayers for my family. My Dad went to the hospital in heart failure. Once there they put him on a nitrate drip because his bp was extremely high and they found that he is in renal failure. He's been on the drip for almost 24 hrs and his bp is still high. I just got off the phone with him and it is 185/128. They are currently working on getting the dr. to get paperwork signed to get a blood transfusion going. While we were talking he told me he has a tired spirit. My Dad's health has been failing for a couple years now. He's only 51.

The kids and I will load up and trek on up to see him tomorrow. I'm sorry if I seem short and a bit distant in this post. There is so much involved behind the scenes in my family. My mom is up to her usual antics even with my Dad being in the hospital which make things seem rougher.
Thanks guys.

Thanks for praying!

We made it through ok. A part of our fence went down and we lost electricity for about 16 hours. I'm shocked we got it back so soon. There are at least 2.5 MILLION who are still in the dark, though. We're blessed that there's not major damage to our home. There's only one large tree out front and it is intact. And our pool held together and didn't overflow. It came close, but we were all out there in the rain with buckets scooping out water. Thankfully, our efforts were successful. And now that power is back up, we can drain a bit of water to make room for the upcoming rains.
Just wanted to let you all know my family and I are ok. Thanks so much for your prayers!

DebbieBoo update

DebbieBoo just rang me to say hi and give me an update on how they're doing. Right now their power is out and they're still likely to have another 4 or 5 hours of the storm coming through.
Please continue to keep her and her family in your prayers that God will bring them safely through.
She's meant to be flying out of Houston on Wednesday to come over to the UK. She has no idea what is happening about that right now - it will probably take weeks for the whole city to get their power back, although of course they do work on places like airports and hospitals first.. Pray that whatever changes need to happen to her plans will go smoothly.
And finally, pray for her as she attempts to try to finish packing in the dark!

We don't like Ike...

He's MASSIVE:

You can barely even see the coastline!

Galveston's already flooding and not a single drop of rain has yet to fall!  And that's not even the start of the 20 FOOT storm surge!  TWENTY FEET, PEOPLE!!

Sure, I'm inland, but we'll still get 80+ mph winds!  And 8-10 inches of rain.  Did I mention how easily Houston floods?  And that there's a huge water reserve right behind my house.

It's a beautiful sunny day out, but we're all feeling a bit like sitting ducks, as you can imagine.  We'll be rather hacked if it turns out we should've all evacuated when they told us to stay put . . . 

Anywho, prayers will be much appreciated.  Thank you!