While God had already told Kevin that our home would be alright, I had my moments throughout the day where you could say that my faith wavered! So when we started down our driveway it was a breathtaking moment to see our little home standing straight and tall! The most damage was a porch slat blown out, one shingle gone from the side of the house and a small piece of tin roof that had blown off the spare room downstairs! Every mango, lemon and tangerine is gone from the trees, but all of our citrus and palms are still firmly planted. The neighbor's tree uprooted and landed next to our home with a few branches in our carport! The house did look like it had been pressure washed and some of the paint was gone from the porch. God is sooooo good! The condos across the canal had roof and window damage. Also across the canal is an interesting scene where a truck has a huge palm tree laying across the hood yet we don?™t see a hole in the ground where the tree came from. And the home that sits right next to ours had the porch roof and shutters blown off and their shed ended up across our driveway and in the other neighbor?™s yard.

Next we went to Paul and Jessica's apartment. Their neighborhood was also very hard hit and it wasn't easy getting there, but their 2nd story apartment was intact with only a jammed door. Jim and his son, Ethan, were also with us and though their home was intact the pool cage was gone and the neighborhood around them was devastated.

One of the testimonies is of a church overseas praying for those of us who evacuated. They prayed our homes would be left untouched which is what happened! Although some received minor damage we were all able to live in our homes. Paul and Jessica stayed at Richard?™s for a few days until the Bibbs??got back into town. Richard at least had a generator to run fans and make coffee! Then Paul and Jessica came to our house even though we still had no power and Dan and Linda stayed at Richard?™s. They are currently looking for a new home. Frank brought us a generator from Fort Myers and lots and lots of supplies like propane, water, flashlights, etc. One day Kevin?™s folks brought fried chicken and potato salad over from Okeechobee for our whole crew and for Kevin?™s sister and her family whose home was very hard hit. At our home we could enjoy some nightly breezes coming off the water. Then when Paul and Jessica?™s home did get power a week later, they stayed with us for 10 more days so that a friend of ours could stay at their place with her daughter and grandchild until they got power in Punta Gorda.