***Evacuation Update***

I know that we haven't quite caught up to where we actually are... according to the blog we're still on our way to Texas!  But we've been here since August 18th and have had many concerned phone calls (to us and our families) about Hurricane Ike!!  We were under Mandatory evacuation sooo we decided to leave.  We live in the Clearlake area which is between Houston and Galveston.  A couple from our church (the Fords) graciously offered for us to come with them to ride out Ike with their family.  Currently we are in Huffman, Texas which is in the Northeast Houston area.  This area is still supposed to get some nice wind and rain (and, possibly tornadoes - yikes!) but overall is supposed to be a safe place (according to the Texas "authorities" - I say that because I'm not sure who really makes these decisions - they have requested that people in this area do NOT evacuate... so they must not be too terribly concerned about this section).  We'll update more later (and will eventually catch up with our regular blogging notes), but wanted to let everyone know that we have safely evacuated!!