God kept us safe!!!!

On Sunday morning at around 8:45 after Sean left for church Becky heard a loud pop and some bright flashes of light down the hall. Becky thought that Lucas had knocked over a lamp. When she walked down there was smoke coming out of the water heater. By the time she was able to round up Lucas there were flames coming out of the water. She rounded up the kids (which was the scairest part of the whole thing) and headed out the door with Ethan in his diaper and Lucas in his underwear (we were in the middle of getting ready for the day). She called Sean then 911. Sean made it home before the fire department arrived. And Sean put the fire out all by himself. Then the fire department arrived and got all of the smoke out of the house. They removed the cabnets and water heater for us. Who knows why the fire started. The Lord preserved us and our home. When looking at the fire it should have spread much quicker (it was about 10 minutes until Sean arrived home). We did not lose much just our water heater and some cabnets. When we think if we had all been gone the whole house would have gone down. We can look back and say that we would be okay if the whole thing had gone because it is just stuff and it can be replaced and most importantly the Lord owns it all and can do with it as he wishes. The Lord give and the Lord takes away. And we will bless his name. We are a part of a wonderful church family. We had a friend in the church come over and install an new subfloor and water heater and help put the washer and dryer back all before 5 pm on Sunday. We had other friends was our bedding to remove smoke smell. And another friend bring us dinner. Sean painted the ceiling in that section of the house to get rid of the smell. We aired out our house and now there is minimal smell. All is back to normal. Below are pictures of the mess and the mostly after. We still have to buy and install cabnet but other than that all is done.