I had been sitting in our Samoan evening service at the time and I asked my sister if she was aware of what it was all about whilst I tried to pay attention in the service.
She searched the weather news as I had found nothing and then she searched online and found out that had been plumes of smoke/smog that had blown all the way from Australia and was affecting our skies coming all the way from the fires that had been burning and was now hitting NZ in the South and North Islands.
It was so eerie that some members of the public even phoned the police in being concerned about what they were witnessing. The police issued a statement asking people to clear the lines in explaining that it was an aftereffect of the Australian fires.
I contacted some of our families in Australia to see if they had been affected and was happy to learn that they are all safe. It is so sad to learn of the millions of birdlife, animals and creatures that were killed in the blazing fires and especially people who were trying to save their family homes from burning down.
It is good to see that there has been some rain in parts of Australia that have really needed it. However, our Auckland weather has been so windy for this time of the year and this morning I noted a yellow moon that almost looked like the sun as it shone in the overcast sky.
Praying for all those people who have been caught in the blazes and also those families who have lost loved ones in trying to escape the fires but also in trying to save their own houses, properties and animals etc.
There are many places for making donations and to support and encourage our families who are out there who will be rebuilding much that has been devasted in the past few weeks. Our love and prayers go out the them...
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