Fire Fighting

We’ve had some excitement this past week. Aaron has been able to brush up on his fire fighting skills. Some guy decided to burn his back field –which is adjacent to ours –but the wind decided to kick up at the most inopportune time. With the help from some of our girls, along with the neighbor kids, we were able to put out the fire –our dog Bobi got his paws burnt because he too wanted to help with the fire.

This last Saturday, we again had an opportunity to help put out a fire –but one much closer. Apparently some of our neighbor’s kids were playing with matches when their straw mattress caught on fire. This then led to the roof catching on fire (most everyone has dried leaf roofs) which we happened to see. I ran over to assist where I could but it seemed out of control and moving towards the next house, and then on to our chicken coop. We were finally able to get the fire under control showing us that only God stopped the fire from moving on. It was a little stressful. Thanks be to God that no-one was hurt and only the families roof was lost –apparently their propane tank, which was surrounded by flames, was making some weird sounds (another blessing from God that it did not explode).

Here are three of our girls, Nelcy, Mili, and Gabi assisting in the firefight.

Our field is on the left, theirs on the right.

Trying to get the boots off of Gabi proved to be challenging.

Here you can barely see the flames shooting up finishing off the roof. Our building is what is pictured to the left.

When all was said and done, here is what was left of their roof.