7.6.2012 continued

As I left the dining hall this evening I heard thunder grumbling in the distance, as clouds gathered along one side of my visible horizon.  I gathered my belongings and walked over to the gathering place, hoping to get onto the Internet (it was still down) in time to sit and watch the storm as it rolled through.
I love storms up here.  God doesn’t hold anything back.  There was a loud crack of thunder and then the drops of rain began to fall.  Out the window we watched as hail fell to the ground, followed by heavy and very consistent rain; loud grumblings and cracks of lightning.  Then Ben came and told us to head down into the Lowlands, where our severe weather shelters are.  Keegan sitting next to me went out into the storm and stood on the dock looking out over the water, enjoying the majesty of the storm that we are experiencing, praying and praising god and getting totally and completely soaked.
How long we are going to stay down here, I’m not certain.  Until the storm warning has passed.  While we waited we played games.  Fisrt my new game Quiddler which is kind of like scrabble with playing cards.  And then we started playing my other new games, Story Cubes.  And Jess came up with a character named Princess Turtle.  And now my brain is rippling with ideas about Princess Turtle and her background and how she got her name.  I have Jess's approval to write a story about Princess Turtle.  I can't wait!  Now, back to the game!  What a great way to spend my last evening for a while with Megan Jay and friends!