Some bad news about the fires. At about 5:00pm yesterday a firestorm hit Linden. 100-120 home next to the mission on the West were lost. Several homes east of the mission were lost as well. The fire chief, a good friend of mine, told me one of the plumes collapsed right over the mission and west Linden. For over an hour fire was everywhere. She thought she had lost her crews and the whole town. When the fire blew through and the smoke cleared somed, houses were on fire everywhere.

Amazingly not one building on the mission was damaged. Some trees were scorched but no damage to the facility. Though I am excited to hear how God's hand was on the mission, many of our neighbors and friends lost there homes. Amazingly no one has been injured, praise God.

Many of these people will not have insurance. Please keep them all in your prayers. There are still some hot spots in Linden that still pose a threat to the mission and the 500 to 600 homes that did not burn.

Show Low is still threatened and the fire has burned over 325,000 acres.

Thanks for all of your prayers. When I can get in I'll post some pictures.

Dale