The  Sun at 1:30 p.m. yesterday.  Not a cloud in the sky.  This is ash and smoke.

I live just at the base of the mountains where the Esperanza fires continue to rage. The blaze began on the opposite side of the mountain from where we are located, but both last night and tonight, we can clearly see the flames. I can walk outside my house and see a bright and blazing trail winding down the mountain toward our neck of the woods. So far, we have heard no warnings about our area and I don’t think the fire will threaten us due to the San Jacinto river bed that separates us from the hills.
However, we continue to be covered with ash and breathe in smoke from the fires. We could breathe a bit easier this evening – much better than yesterday and this morning.

Please pray for the men fighting this fire and the many who live up on the Mountain. A dad of one of the families in our church is a fire fighter struggling with this latest blaze which has claimed almost 40,000 acres so far.

Our home on a clear day - except for the smoke.The pictures were taken yesterday. Believe it or not, no clouds in the sky – the haze is the smoke and ash blanketing the sky.