fire...

we just recieved this via e-mail today regarding Tim's uncle (Kathy's brother) and his family:
Their names are Hugh and Bernice Powlison

They left at 2:00 on Tuesday afternoon to go to the doctor's office. While they were gone, their house went up in flames, possibly due to an electrical short. A plane flying over saw the flames and called it in to the fire department. When they came home at 3:30, the fire department had already put out the flame but they lost everything. They have been at a hotel for the past week and are moving today to stay with a church family. Their son and family are flying in today and their daughter and family are due in later on in the week. The insurance adjuster is coming in this morning and once the family arrives, together with the church will put together a 'needs' list or 'how to help' list to be shared with others. They have lost everything, if not to fire then to smoke and water damage.

In the meantime, please pray for the whole family as they deal with this tragedy and for wisdom as to how to proceed.

any prayers would be appreciated.

love,
jen and tim