Urgent, please pray for Christchurch and Canterbury, NZ
As you know, there has been another terrible quake in New Zealand. We have many friends there and over at Tinfoil Palace, you can follow the thread started by the forum owner Emeline who lives there with her elderly father. Keep them all in your thoughts and prayers today.
From Emeline.
Around about 12.50 today I was about to cover my latest batch of beetroot relish in my father’s kitchen when I heard the two Border Collies in the lounge growling. I thought, that’s odd and yelled out at them, “why are you two growling?”.Also, as always, I'd like to thank our good friend rj over at the Global Glass Onion for the links this morning! Make sure to check out his excellent blog! And now for the news! :D
Next minute this massive quake struck. I thought, OMG, not 4 September all over again! The house was violently shaking and rocking. It was absolutely terrifying. I managed to back up and get myself in the doorway between the kitchen and the lounge. It was maybe a minute but you know it feels like eternity. The lights were swinging madly, kitchen implements were being thrown all around, the house was swaying….. I just hung onto the walls and prayed and hoped it would stop and I would live. When it did finally stop my heart was pounding and racing so hard I was afraid I would have a heart attack or something. I don’t think I could get my heart rate down for half an hour. I just couldn’t stop myself from trembling.
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