On Sunday we came home from church and Allie smelled something that smelled kinda like gas...but I passed it off as the left over frying quesadillas smell and didn't think much more of it. On Monday all of us kinda had headaches or tummy aches...but once again...didn't think anything of it.
SO TODAY I went in to the boys room to get Noah some clothes this morning and I smelled a VERY strong gas smell. So the older kids and I investigated. The strongest smell was in the boys' room...odd...now what to do...I opened windows to air out the house before figuring out what to do next. I chatted with my other sister and she suggested I call the gas company...which I had thought about, but I didn't know WHO their gas company was. So I searched through all their bills looking for a gas bill...and turned up nothing. So I opened up the phone book and started looking through it for gas companies. One company sounded familiar to Allie so I tried that. How odd is it when someone calls and says...I don't know if you're the company that supplies this house, but I thought I'd try. I gave the lady the address and sure enough...they were my sister's gas company...SCORE one for Allie! Sent the littles outside until we figured out the problem. The gas man came out and found the leak...praise the Lord...BUT he couldn't fix it. So I needed to call a plumber...RIGHT...I'm not from here...and I have to call a plumber...ok...so I called the Burdettes and they gave me a few numbers to try...however they couldn't get here until FRIDAY...that's 3 days...hmmm...not thinkin' so. So I called a few more and finally found one that could come out today. They were so kind and helpful. The man came out and fixed the problem...rehooked up the gas and water heater and was on his way. So thankful for the Lord's protection. Our reactions could have been so much worse and we are just thankful that we smelled it and were able to get it taken care of.
In the midst of all this I had told the kids we would take cookies to the fire department to thank those men and women for their service to our community in GI. So inbetween the gas man and the plumber we did just that...afterall...being in the house wasn't a good idea. The little boys LOVED LOVED LOVED the firetruck. The man that we talked to was sooo kind and showed them the ladder truck. They were so thrilled. They had never seen a fire truck up close. They loved it!
After all the drama we went out for supper...
Then came home to Skype with their mommy and daddy which they also love. I told them all about the drama here and the kids told them all about the fire station!
Thankful for God's grace and protection!
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