Terrible Bushfires

You know you read and hear about the horrible bushfires that Victoria went through earlier this year but you never really comprehend or understand quite the severity of them or what those living through them went through. Today parts of our city have been under a state of emergency as people have been evaculated form their homes as the fires move closer and closer to the city. Homes have been destroyed, and the whole town in covered in a thick cloud of smoke with ash falling everywhere. There has been an eerie feeling about the town and a just a churning in the gut. These are not my photos but they did capture just how close the fires have come to our beautiful city.
I would ask that you pray for all those fighting the fires in Rocky - they have been working around the clock now for almost two weeks - pray for those that have lost their homes and also pray for rain - we desperately need some to put these fires out. Everything is SO DRY here - we have not really had any rain here since Febraury this year. Never have fires come this close to the city before.