Snowstorm

Last week we took the snow blower off of the tractor and we parked the generator in a less accessible place. Sunday morning we woke up to a March blizzard. When it ended, we had 5-6 inches of heavy wet snow that the strong winds blew into 2-3 foot drifts.
We lost our power at about 5:30 in the morning so I knew I would have to hook up the generator in order to do chores and for the family to get ready for church.
I was hoping the outage would be short lived, so I did all the work I could without power, but when the electricity still wasn't on we hooked up the generator. We were just finishing up chores when my wife called from a hundred yards down the road that she was stuck in a snowdrift in the ditch. She had left for church early to help serve lunch. We got the 4WD pickup stuck trying to pull her out (it had no weight in it), and had to go back and get a tractor for both. Son #1 picked her up on his way to choir practice while we were working on the car, then he got his pickup stuck in my brother's yard while picking up my sister-in-law. He abandoned his truck and the three of them made it to church in my brother's van.
With chores finished (late), I quickly showered and prepared for church. No time for breakfast. The remaining family, in order to be on time, were going to leave me and ride with our future son-in-law to church - until he got his car stuck in our driveway. Just about then our nice neighbor called to let us know that the power had just came back on, so we could shut the generator off instead of letting it run while we were at church. So it was back out to shut down the tractor and make a quick check that power was indeed fully restored. The five of us piled into the Blazer, bucked the snowdrifts on the unplowed roads, and made it to church while the ministers were taking the pulpit. We had invited our daughters future in-laws for the day, and they were already seated without us. And we weren't the only ones who were late.
After a nice day in church, the trip home was much better. The roads were cleared and the sun was rapidly melting much of the snow. By late afternoon, all the still stuck vehicles were melted free, and things were back to normal.

And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
Acts 27:41