By Dave Ellis
It was good to get some rain over the weekend. This helps out the firemen has they have been fighting wildfires. It’s not easy to fight these fires when the temperatures have been in the 80s.
Smith Creek and Friends Run Churches of the Brethren: shut-ins – Mary Mitchell, Bucky Moyers, Pam Riner, Anna Tesi, Alice Johnson, Arlin Dale and Freda Jamison, Hazel Simmons, Sandy Washburn, Larry Moyers, Mary Alice Simmons and Sandra Vandevander; prayer list – Richard Campbell, Tristan Hartman, Joshua Shirk, Ava George, Roberta Bennett, Kenny Williams, Dennis Mitchell, Debbie Horst, Myrtle Hammer, Pam Rexrode, Nancy George, Neal Eye, Margaret Wimer, Donald Burns, Wendell and Darlene Nelson, Ruby Gail Roberson, Ruth Bauer, Anna Mauzy, Linda Maxwell Looney, Wayne Kimble, Leann Britton, Bennie and Mary Alice Evick, Martha R. Kimble, Jimmie Bennett, Ruthalene Judy, Stanley Propst, Patsy Bennett, Kathy Puffenbarger, Wanda Pitsenbarger, Sheldon Bowes, Gloria Moats, Tim and Dee McCormic, Judy A. Simmons, Nancy Blankenship, Jackie Smith, Rick Waggy, Frankie Judy, Jim Judy, Jessie Simmons, Lucy and Charlie Westfall, David Berg, Minny Rhoads and Mary and Gary Hess.
Prayer thought: “Dear God, please help me to praise You no matter what I’m facing. God delights in hearing us praise Him.”
High and low temperatures and precipitation for April 29 through May 5, followed by the same for last year, were as follows: April 29 – 89°, 53° (72°, 47°); April 30 – 77°, 57° (59°, 48°, .96”); May 1 – 82°, 49° (56°, 40°, .14”); May 2 – 85°, 47° (48°, 39°, .3”); May 3 – 82°, 54°, .09” (47°, 37°, .58”); May 4 – 88°, 53°, .38” (52°, 35°, .25”) and May 5 – 77°, 54°, .14” (65°, 32°).
Total rainfall for April was 4.04”, compared to 3.97” in April of 2023.
Year-to-date rainfall is 12.64”, compared to 8.99” for the same time period last year.
