I have been thinking about the sacrifices made by all our area volunteer firefighters during these recent relentless fires. Like most of you, I have been praying for their safety and health. What I did not think about was the fact that most of these men and women work other jobs to pay their bills. When are they sleeping? When are they spending time with their families? And worst of all, today I read about one of these firefighters who lost his paying job due to time spent fighting the recent wildfires in East Texas.

Wildfires Continue To Burn In Texas
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In order to save lives and property, some of these volunteer firefighters are taking their personal vacation time at their paying jobs. This makes me think back to my lazy, boring beach vacation--and I feel guilty. They give up their vacation time, their family time! And sometimes their dedication to firefighting costs them their job and they end up living in a hotel in Longview while they look for another paying job, like Josh Rarrick.

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