GCI pastor Mark McCulley and his wife Joanne recently narrowly escaped a disaster that occurred next door to them in Westminster, Colorado (in the Denver area). Here is his praise report.
With almost 500 homes destroyed in the Black Forest fires in nearby Colorado Springs, I feel a bit embarrassed to mention what happened in our neighborhood. But we are thanking God for delivering us from injury to ourselves and from significant damage to our home when our next door neighbor’s home was destroyed by a natural gas explosion (see picture at right, our home is in the lower right of the picture, near the exploded one).
Perhaps most amazing and encouraging about this situation was the community-building work that the Holy Spirit did through the disaster to bring together the folks in our neighborhood. Our neighbors came over several times to help us. We also had two community “thanksgiving” meals where Joanne and I were asked to say grace.
So thankful that God protected you and Joanne and other neighbors from the devastation that occurred in your neighborhood, Mark, and prayerfully hope that the family that lost their home will be able to recover soon — all in praise to God.