Ike - "I will return"

It was fun to be back in Cedarville, although we all said that it felt good to be home tonight too - God is good! We were sorry to have missed the service at Grace tonight because the remnant of hurricane Ike blew through Cedarville and left the town without electricity. We are glad to be home. By the time we left Cedarville we knew that we needed gas. We hoped that Springfield would have power - they did - right until it was our turn to pump. I saw the lights go out in the station and then people staring at the pump, checking the nozzle and then trying to figure out what had happened. We looked at the intersection and the traffic signals had also gone out. We tried to go north on 72 a little and see if anyone had power up that way. No one did. With a quickly breathed prayer of "God please help us" we headed out on 70 to see who would have power. At rt 54 (?) we pulled into a station that had lights and a long line and filled up. We also stopped for a bathroom at our regular stop at rt 42 and they had attendants out at the road with cardboard signs reading, "Closed, no electricity!" I didn't watch every exit along the way but we pulled onto at least four more exits between Columbus and Cleveland that didn't have electricity or gas. We realize how dependent and spoiled we are and what a blessing it is to live in this country where it is a rare occasion to have to think about availability of gas and electricity.