My brother, Vernon, lives in Sebring with his wife Jeannette.  They were missionaries in Africa for many years and are now retired.  They are living in a SIM missionary retirement community in Sebring.  We really enjoyed our visit with them.  We spent time sightseeing together, playing games, and making puzzles.  Their community is so very beautiful.  They live in a 2 bedroom 2 bath duplex right beside a small man-made lake.  They had Christmas lights all round the lake and it was so beautiful at night.

They used to have a resident alligator but it became too friendly so it was removed.  They do have a lot of turtles and birds.  Near their house the community has a small gazebo with chairs.  During our stay there the weather was warm and sunny.  We really enjoyed our time there.  In future blogs I will share more about the sightseeing we did, but this one will be about Sebring and my visit with my brother.

The town of Sebring is located around a couple of good-sized lakes.  While driving around the largest of the lakes we noticed so many of the docks were totally destroyed.  Hurricane Irma came though within 5 miles of town and winds were 115 miles an hour.  There was a lot of damage on the lakes and on the roofs of the homes and buildings around town.  Blue tarps are still covering a lot of homes in the area.  There are just not enough roofers to go around so people just have to wait for their repairs.  There are still downed trees all around that have not been removed.  My brother says they were without power for a week and even longer had water on the roads.  Here are some of the damages that we saw.

My next blog with be Lake Placid, Florida.  See you soon…