Any other day

Any other day I would not have woken up at 5am. Those who know me know that I am not an early morning person...

Any other day I would not have walked into the kitchen as soon as I got up. I normally spend 30-45 minutes connecting with God either in my bedroom or on my porch...

Any other day I could have been out for the entire day and returned to find my apartment burnt down.

But God had other plans last week Friday.

On Friday my cousin Dion came to visit me from Trinidad. He came to relax and do nothing for the weekend, but God used his coming to avert what could have been a disaster.

Promising to visit since 2013...

 His flight was landing at 6am, so I woke up at 5am to get ready so I could meet him on time. I realised he had sent me a message when I was sleeping, so I left my bedroom to get wifi to respond. As I walked into the kitchen, I smelt something burning, but the none of the burners on the stove were on. As I turned, I noticed yellow flames behind my fridge. The first thought that came to mind was: electrical fire, do not throw water. So I turned on the light and switched off the power to the outlet where the fridge was plugged in. Gracias a Dios the flames subsided immediately.

This was what was on fire

Apparently there was some water leaking from some part in the back of the fridge on to this plug so it caught on fire. I believe this happened just before I went outside, and I am deeply grateful to God that He ensured that I was awake and at home to catch this before it become a full scale disaster. I am also indebted to my friend Arlene's husband Ronald, who was able to come later that day to fix it, so I got back the use of my fridge in less than an hour!

He redirected the hose carrying the water so it
will not affect the wires again, and taped up
the wires good and proper.

This whole episode brings to mind Psalm 121:7 - The Lord will keep you from all harm - he will watch over your life. I thank God that He never slumbers nor sleeps, and that He kept me and the entire household safe from harm.

After this eventful start to Dion's visit to Grenada, the rest of the weekend was quite enjoyable...

Enjoying his first taste of tannia log

Touring the nutmeg factory

Relishing the opportunity to ride in the back of the van instead
of being the driver

Checking out the cocoa beans

Appreciating the beauty of a beach sunset following a two
hour long soak in the salt

Only in Grenada: Calalloo pizza!!!!

I learnt to cook tomato choka for the first time :)

On an entirely different note, I just want to shout out my readers from Russia
Привет , что случилось ?
I was looking at the stats for my blog before writing this post and I noticed that I had 21 views from Russia today. I don't know any Russians personally, so I thought that was pretty cool :)