what IS this?

what in the world is going on here? there has been so much going on in santa clarita that is just out of anyones control.

3 weeks ago there was a huge traffic jam on the freeways when a big rig spilled his entire trailer of watermelons at the 5 and 118 merge. 50,000 pounds of watermelons i heard.. all over the lanes.. i didn't know about that accident til i was already on my way.. i had to go from here to pacoima... normally takes me a half hour.. took me nearly 2 hours to get there..

then that saturday.. i give violin lessons every saturday in sylmar.. at 7am my mom comes in my room and said the 5 is closed.. and i said AGAIN? what is going on with the freeways? turns out that was the 15 big rig pile up inside the 5 and 14 truck tunnel that trapped some rigs inside in a huge fire.. closed the freeway for days.. and backed up traffic like none other.. took me an hour to get to the lessons where it normally takes 30 minutes.

now the winds are gusting like crazy.. and there are fires everywhere.. yesterday placerita canyon was under voluntary evacuation during 3rd service because there was a fire at the oil rig right at the opening of placerita canyone. there are fires in castaic, san francisquito canyon, canyon country, the one in placerita is out, there are 2 in agua dulce, and others in southern california. the smoke was so thick yesterday it was like dusk at 2:30 in the afternoon. the ash was blowing in the wind making it nearly impossible to be outside.

in light of all the fires.. church last night was amazing. there were 10 baptisms.. it so so amazing to me when there are that many testimonies.. to hear how each person was saved.. and they all share the scriptures that stuck out to them and helped guide them and it just made me love God's word so much more. it is fitting for every person. it speaks just what needs to be said. it convicts and it shapes and helps. we had a time of prayer, like usual, but prayed for the people in our church especially who were evacuated from their homes. many many many were evacuated. when church ended we heard the fire was in the backyard of a fellow church member. haven't been able to talk to him to hear how he and his house are.

so santa clarita has been quite a mess lately. between all the freeway accidents with the big rigs.. and now these fires..

we are safe. trying to be helpful to those who need it. we've made many phone calls to let people know they are welcome here if they need a place. but for now i'm just sitting back and thinking.. this is crazy.