Friday, August 24, 2007

The Miracle of the Sump Pump

I think we are in the middle of little miracle right now.

See we have this sump pump down in our basement, and if you have a basement you know how important they are. Well, ours is the one the builder put in so it is only two and a half years old but because the builder put it in it is not top quality. We have been worried about it for a while so much so that we bought a back up emergency pump, that we never installed.

Well, last night with all that rain it should have been running continually pumping water out from the house. But, we listened and listened and no sound. Mike checked the water level and it didn't seem out of control high so we figured it was doing it's job. This morning, after all that rain last night, we went down to check it and the water level had dropped but still no running pump. I went out to check the pipe the water should be flowing out of and it was dry!!!

Okay, so that means it hasn't been pumping water out, the water level has gone down even though it has been pouring rain, and our basement isn't flooded, yet.

Praise God for the blessing but Mike and I are running out right now to buy a new pump.

What is up with the failing appliances? Does it really come in threes? What is next?

Kristen

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Perhaps an appliance store salesman has been praying for some financial help. And you get to be their blessing! Way to let God use you!!!

Anonymous said...

Honey-don't ask!! Just be thankful that everything else is working!! BTW, Can we drive in this weekend or will we need a boat? :) KIdding aside, according to the weather-it is suppose to be an incredible weekend-WE ARE BRINGING THE SUN WITH US!!