An Unexpected Occurance

Well, I haven't blogged in forever. I can't find my camera cord in my mess of a house, and have been really busy the last few weeks unpacking, furnishing and remodling our house. I am learning a lot, and enjoying the break from school and work. Last night, Seth and I were preping the kitchen to be primed. We heard a ton of sirens, and saw flashing lights, and out our window we saw 4 fire trucks and 2 ambulances in front of our house. The neighbors' 2 doors down house was on fire. From our porch we could see smoke billowing from the windows, and the firemen climbing the huge truck ladder to take people out of the house. They were there for a long time. We don't know those neighbors yet, but we prayed for them. We want to do something to help, but we don't know what we even could do. If any of you have gone through a fire experience, I would love some suggestions on what we could do that would help the most. I got to thinking about the inportance of preventing and being prepared for emergencies like that. I thought about how we don't have a family emergency plan to evactuate, and how a lot of things about our house need to be changed to make it safer. I am going to make sure Seth and I talk about it, and make a plan. So I would encourage all of you to think about that, and prepare yourselves and families as well.