Thanks for posting this. As you know, we received a phone call near the end of the evening session tonight informing us that a brief deluge fell to “knock down” the fire and bring it under control. The following was posted at 9PM Eastern time on a local TV station’s website:

From Connie Barron, City of Cape Coral: “About 10 minutes of heavy rain helped knock down the fire. We will be sending engines home and keeping brush trucks on scene for a few more hours as needed. Burnt Store Road will reopen at 9pm. Residents are being allowed back in their homes.”

I live just off of Burnt Store Road. Some church members have told us they have never seen it rain that hard. According to my calculations, that rain began to fall about 45 minutes after your post went up and shortly after the conference prayed.

We are very grateful to the Lord for His mercy in this.

I know this is weighing on their minds. I pray the conference finishes well and this is not a distraction.

Wish I could have attended since you’re just 20 mins away. Too busy this week.