everyone survives house fire 6-17-08
AROUND 4:30 TUESDAY MORNING, THIS HOUSE WENT UP IN FLAMES AS EVERYONE INSIDE WAS ASLEEP. THE CALVERT'S ARE VISITING FROM TEXAS, AND THIS DEFINITELY IS A VACATION THAT THEY WON'T FORGET, BUT THEY ARE THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE. RAY CALVERT, WHO ESCAPED, SAID, "God blessed us; God woke my cousin up; and he was able to wake everybody else up." HIS COUSIN, FIANCÉE, AND TWO CHILDREN WERE TRYING TO GET BABY SUPPLIES AT THE TIME OF THE INTERVIEW, BUT HIS COUSIN'S ACTIONS HELPED SAVE 6 LIVES. CALVERT MADE SURE HIS WIFE DIDN'T WASTE TIME. HIS WIFE, GUADALUPE, SAID, "he woke me up; he pushed me out of the house. he pushed you out of the house. it's time to go...house is on fire." GUADALUPE LEFT SO QUICKLY SHE LEFT HER MEDICATION IN HER PURSE ON THE DOOR. BUT WITH NEARLY EVERY SINGLE ITEM BURNED UP, THE MEDICINE SHE NEEDS WAS SAVED.
SHE THANKS GOD FOR THE MEDICINE. "for some reason, God saved my medication. I'm a cancer recovery patient, and this saved me. this is a life saver." BOTH SAY THEY HAVE A HOUSE TO GO BACK TO, BUT THEY KNOW THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS WILL STRUGGLE TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. WITH MEDICINE IN HAND, THE COUPLE SAYS THEY HAVE ALL THEY NEED.