Hurricane Dean

Today I braved Hurricane Dean. It hit in Nautla, a beach town near here, about a thirty minute drive. I saw rain and wind like I couldn’t have even imagined before today. We had no power, or water. The phones were off and on, we were left to wait, and watch and ponder the amazing power of God.We are all fine, and didn’t lose anything as a result of the storm, but the devastation to most of Martinez was truly humbling. The roofing on many parts of our apartment building were blown off. We are grateful that our roof is concrete, unlike others that have a metal slats. Many of the tenants here we left without a roof. There is a house right in front of our building was left completely without a roof. On the corner, there lives a lady that comes to clean our building. Her roof was also lost, and her walls are carton and so she was left with a mound of muddy possessions, where her humble house once was.We drove through town and there were ENORMOUS trees uprooted, and window broken. The river is huge and swift. There are many stores with their large glass window blown out. The most amazing site was a club ( Club de Leones) that was used for parties and other gatherings that had completely lost its roof.