Thank you to those of you who tried your best to help out here at our house yesterday. We had a very scary experience, fighting the fire which took off just after 1PM behind our house and wasn’t under control until just before sunset. Thank you so much Laura G ,Stephanie and Carol L for kindly putting messages up here and on La Manz Life and for sending water via Reyes tank, which refilled our tinaco right when it needed it . And thank you to our angels, Spencer and Connie, who responded to those messages and helped Felipe fight the fire ,literally for hours, keeping it away from our home, with only our garden hoses and rakes. A huge thank you to the Melaque Bomberos who arrived in time (4 hrs since our first calls for help )to prevent the fires from spreading any further down the hill to the many homes who live further down from us. And thank you Jeanne C, for advising West who came up with his rake ,machete and shovel and did his best to help out while navigating our ridiculously steep terrain. Bless his efforts and heart. This was an experience I hope no one reading this ever has to have . This morning we are grateful, we have learned a lot about the nature of fire and wind and the world and community surrounding us here and stand more ready and willing to help others than ever. May the rains come early and stay late this year!