Maybe . . .

Four people came. Four cool people! (I have a whole post marinating on how I define "cool." Wait for it . . .) To my girls' night. You know, the one where I thought no one would come? But they did and I had fun. Instead of Date Night we watched the documentary Babies which was perfect because it was fun to watch and yet you could talk through the whole thing without annoying anyone.


Also, I'm closing in on a winner of the copy of Mockingjay for donating to Eliza's marathon team which is raising money to fight blood cancers. Click here to donate and you'll be entered to win the book. Actually, if you already have or don't want Mockingjay, I'll pick a different book for you. I'm good at matching books to people. So go on . . . click.


I don't have much more to say because I'm just past the halfway point in Mockingjay and hey, I have my priorities. My children are scavenging in the pantry for shriveled potatoes and grains of uncooked rice, but I'll be done with my book by morning.


However, I wanted to point out this little news article in case you missed it. To sum up: a newly discovered microbe is eating the oil up much faster than expected in the Gulf, helping the dispersal significantly without depriving the area of much oxygen (thus, no dead zones). The microbes are a new strain related to the one that has long lived at the bottom of Gulf that eats the natural oil seepage that occurs on the sea floor. They're related, but they're not the same. It's a never before seen strain.


At first, I was kinda freaked out and I thought, "Oh, no. This is how we ended up with an unchecked rooster problem in Hawaii." My imagination started going wild with creature feature screenplays where the microbes overrun the ocean and suddenly we have much bigger problems than an oil spill.


But I thought about it a little more and I changed my mind. I grew up in Louisiana. Many people in my home stake make their living from industry in the Gulf. I have prayed for them, like many of you have. And I thought, "Maybe Heavenly Father has answered a prayer." And you know what? I think he has. I think maybe this is Him sending the seagulls (microbes) after the crickets (oil). He's pretty great. 


God loves and blesses His children. Those people struggling in the Gulf are His children. And they deserve those blessings. I'd like to believe I guessed right on this. . .