Fire, rain, and beauty

Well it has been an interesting past few days for me. I was able to more or less keep updated on the fires through messages from you guys and websites, www.sdcountyemergency.com is a good one, and thanks be to God that it seems like the worst is over for our neck of the woods but with only 1% containment who really knows. I guess all of our friends houses are fine and right now my parents are staying at home and watching the fires even though they technically should be evacuated. My Mom said that their only problem is they don´t have much to eat and can´t leave the house to get food because the cops won´t let them back in. I guess I feel weird because I feel like I should be doing more. I know that prayer is stronger, I'm sure much stronger than I know, but I still feel very helpless. It was nice to be able to help a bit during the Cedar Fire and it seems like one big problem is there aren´t enough men to fight the fire.
On a lighter note I am leaving tomorrow for London for the weekend. I´m going by myself which should offer some new experiences but it will be nice just doing what I want the whole time. The weather looked like rain which is too bad but I guess I´ll get the true experience. I am meeting up with my good friend Chrissie Mayer who just graduated from Westmont this past Spring and lives in London. She has kindly offered a home cooked meal which I am really excited for and it will be cool to see what her life back home is like.
Friday is also the 26th which may not mean much to you guys but it is the day that I worked all summer towards. Friday is when Bella comes out and its a shame that Southern California is a mess and probably won´t be feeling up to a movie for a little while. If you do feel like seeing it you can go to www.BellatheMovie.com and click on Find a Theater to see if its in your area. It might actually be a great way to get away from all the chaos for a few hours. I'm excited to see how well it does, if it really has sold more pre-sale tickets than any other movie in history then it should do pretty well I´m guessing. If you do see it be sure to let me know what you think. I´ll try to post pictures next week from my weekend, I am praying for everyone in San Diego, and for those of you around the world or in the states, I ask you to please do the same if you aren´t already.