URGENT prayers requested
Fire! Please pray for rain to put out fires, safety of our firefighters, people and homes.
We haven't gotten any rains in a very long time and everything is dying, so making fuel for fires. 14,000 acres have burned by last night and fire is still un-contained, so I don't know how much more today. It's spreading fast because of dryness and winds.
My son is a firefighter. So is sewmom's son (in California though). Please pray for all firefighters fighting fires here today and everyday, and everywhere, while we are in this drought and heat.
While we aren't too close to this fire yet, we see the sky is smoky here.
My son has a crew he is over and just last week he was in control of stopping a fire close. His state boss commended him for working so fast and diligently to contain the fire, even though it burned about 1500 acres.
Twenty five people have died statewide from just heat, mostly men working outdoor jobs. I have been praying for those men. I can't imagine working a fire in this heat.
Our son told us in the previous fire, when a bulldozer got too hot, it shut down. That is dangerous, because the firefighter could easily be trapped, amidst the fires.
Please ask the Lord to intervene and send down the rains, we so desperately need to put out these fires and prevent more from starting. Pray the fires stop. Pray for protection for all fighting the fires and the homes and people in the fires path. Please Lord, send us rain. All this I ask in Jesus name.
Mother Nature is certainly not happy, fires, earthquakes, torrential rains. We pray for our world to settle down. Definitely praying for all our firefighters and their families. Love Chris
I told him I understood because it has to be hard emotionally, to go into danger like that. He said it is. He said there was a time long ago, he wanted to turn around, because it IS hard facing 90 feet flames. He said the airplane pilot had to guide him through or he wouldn't have made it. The pilot told him which way to go and he could do it. This was after he was once trapped. They have to get in front of the fires or ahead of it and plow, to try to stop it. The bulldozers have hydraulics and when it gets too hot, they shut down. The fires can easily overtake you if that happens. Please continue to pray for rain. Everyone needs relief from the heat, the earth needs the moisture and the firefighters need to rest.
