DFW to Pick Up Selvin

Students Shared Desk at Morris Hall early in the morning.

View from my desk at work in Morris Hall

It sounds like Jasper got hit pretty extensively. Many people have not returned to the city because there are no services or utilities. I saw a report on ABC News yesterday morning of an older lady's house that had 2 pine trees drop right in on her bed. She had just arisen a few minutes earlier, praise God! In nearby Kirbyville, a house with seven people was lifted off of its foundation and just floated away as if it were a boat. This weekend my friend Jackie Gipson and her mother will return to Jasper from Abilene to assess the damage to their own house.

Yesterday was an exciting day for me. I went to Dallas to pick up my former roommate Selvin Monterroso who has come to defend his thesis for his Master of Theology. I moved to Florida at the end of 2002 which is when we ceased to be roommates. He has since returned to Honduras. I remember beautiful times we had together, like singing and playing the guitar, shivering in the freezing house, and eating salads made of cilantro and radishes. haha. Those were the days!

I really appreciate my prayer partner, Rolando, who traveled with me to help me make the trip safely without falling asleep. He carried his iPod with an FM transmitter and he was the DJ of our own little FM radio station. ;) We made it home safely, Praise God!

Last night I got home at 1:00am and then I got up for work this morning at 4:00am. There is not much energy left for me to make it through work and then class. May the Lord give me strength.

"Lord, thank you for the strength you have given me to arise and praise you this morning. Thank you for being here with me this morning. That is my desire, to be with you! To walk with you, talk with you, become just like you. May my soul be completely satisfied in your presence."