pray for new mexico

on sunday afternoon i stepped outside to check on the smoke that had been billowing up each afternoon at the pacheco canyon fire a few miles north of santa fe. i noticed that the smoke was worse than ever filling up the entire horizon and looked west to the jemez mountains and saw a HUGE mountain of smoke pouring off the mountains. my first thoughts were bandalier national monument, valle caldera preserve, the white rock goat farm, and worst of all Los Alamos Nuclear Lab (LANL).

the video below is pretty much what we were all horrified to see. we had to close up the house immediately, but we were suffocating by nightfall in the heat so i stepped onto the porch again to smell for smoke and see about opening windows. i was shocked to see bright red flames burning for miles 60 freaking miles away over miles of mountain range. never seen a thing like it and this video has it all in timelapse. 6,000 to 43,000 acres burned overnight:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mju9oYwI36c

the entire town of Los Alamos evacuated safely yesterday:


and here is an article on what we've all been worried about. comforting? hmm... not to me!

Los Alamos nuclear lab tamping down nuclear fire fears

national guard is on board, but it seems we need more help!!! any advocacy/pressure on powers that be (i.e., senators, president-- this is the national nuke lab folks so you may want to pay attention) you can do on behalf of this critical area 35 miles from santa fe will be appreciated. let's not let them continue to downplay it! help!

gramma's fabulous garage sale fundraiser!

my grandma, grampa marty, aunt denise, neighbor cory, mom franco, corgi cousins, stellaluna and friends of lake elsinore had a garage sale last friday and saturday at my gramma's house. they earned $760 towards nathanael's fundraiser!!!!

as gramma's neighbor, cory (pictured), said: "Our Fabulous Garage Sale is this Friday. All the money goes to Nathanael and you."

cory was amazing stopping cars on the corner to come and shop for nathanael! she had put signs all over town and even set up coin collections at all the farmer's markets she works at.the corgi cousins, buster and peaches, helped draw in the crowds!a happy customer! my mom was delighted to see kids buying books for themselves! my beloved gramma whom i love truck fulls and beautiful aunt deni!gramma and her favorite grandog, stella, on the porch.franco counts the sales! gramma is exhausted!grampa marty cleans up. he built a special area for hanging clothes and about 5,000 other tasks. he is italian so he has better genes than the rest of us. he is collecting bottles and cans every week and cashing them in for nathanael. the man never stops! they donated left overs to another garage sale fundraiser in town.thank you so much everyone-- especially gramma, marty, cory, aunt deni, joyce, dottie, mom and patrons of lake elsinore for making this happen! it was a ton of work and we are SO blessed by your help!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!

Note from N.D. on Stem Cell Treatment 6

Dear Friends,

Thank you all so much for your thoughts and prayers for this latest stem cell injection. Per usual I experienced increased nausea and flu-like symptoms for the first few days. But I'm still experiencing fatigue and am not feeling the usual boost that I did in the past. There are lots of fires around our area so it's smokey and that doesn't help.

I hope in time, these cells will ignite my metabolic processes and that I'll be able to continue progressing. I know that God knows, cares and has already ordained my life; my future and my hope lie in Him and His unchanging love.

Thank you all for your encouragement.

Love, N