So yesterday 5th August at about 8.15 pm local time Bali we had an earth quake that was 7.0 on the richter scale. The earth quake was in Lombok which is a small island near to Bali where 82 people have died on a count this morning. The quake followed a previous earth quake 6.7 on the richter scale in Lombok 1 week prior where 16 were killed. Here in Bali there is damage to buildings, huge amounts of tiles have fallen of of buildings so much you can see daylight going through. Locals said their doors had fallen of and their ceilings and walls were falling in.

Pictured above is the tiles fallen from our apartment complex in Amed.

Picture below is the damage that happened in poor Lombok.

We had got 2 out 3 kids to fall asleep last night when the earth quake shook Indonoseia. Then we got them back to sleep and were told to evacuate to higher ground as Bali was issued a tnsunami warning. So we woke them and trapsed up to higher ground. It was a sureal feeling, we left with nothing but the shoes on our feet, clothes on our backs and what might have been useful left in day bags. Thankfully their was uno, bottles of water and some honey stars!

Ethan of course grabbed his essentials which was his favourite pillow called piggo his muzzling cloth and his duvet! All of which we had to lug up the hill.

We were very frightened but tried to resolve a brave face for the children, assuring them everything was going to be ok and that they were safe. Though in reality we had no idea that we were. Aimee and Joshua were scared because of the loud noises and our urgency in waking them twice. Ethan however was more aware of his own mortality and understood despite our false calm that he could actually be in danger.

We left higher ground 4 hours after the quake and the tsunami warning was lifted. When we came back to our hotel we weren’t allowed back into the rooms incase of structural damage and the government issued a warning of another possible quake (which thankfully didn’t happen). We set up camp in the hotel lobby until 5 am where we awakened other campers because a massive beetle came flying that was making a loud noise. Sorry fellow campers.

We are all tired this morning but we are all safe. Thankyou everyone that prayed for us last night we were terrified and it helped me to know that others were carrying us on their prayers.