Pray For Our Aussie Friends

I just received an email from an Australian friend in Victoria. Here is her email:

I am in what should be a safe area, although I heard on the radio that if we get excessive heat and winds again, no where can be said to be safe.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/slideshow_ajax.aspx?sectionid=9016&sectionname=slideshowajax&subsectionid=150990&subsectionname=firevictims Greg Lloyd in this article was the son of a friend and a former school captain of the College I used to be on the board of.....so many friends and their children are touched by this one. I last saw him a few years back when I was last at their home for a meal.
He was saying goodbye to his Mother on the phone as the house went up in flames Pray especially for Jill and his sister Sally and step sister Jay who needs to really know the Lord.

Other friends lost their home at Marysville....they are coming her to her parents around a couple of corners from me. They were both forestry workers and used to watching for fires. A 2 yr old home.
But they and children are safe.

Thanks for the prayers. We have had favourable weather this week and some rain.
We need prayer that two fire fronts will not join up and wreck our water catchment areas.
We need rain......safe and steady and God knows the right places to send it.
They appear to have caught a couple of arsonists.
Please pray that we will not have the combination of searing heat. broke all our temp records, and blistering burning wind. And fire bugs/arsonists.
Could be up to 300 dead. Must be something like 700+ homes burnt and so many people homeless and no power to those areas and the area just looks like a moon scape.
Thanks.
The picture says it all to me.........the cross still stands.

Thank you for your prayers, Jane