Emphasis Preaching Journal

I grew up knowing about pests in the house: flies, moths, ants, and mosquitoes. I also knew, theoretically, that some could infest a house’s wooden structure and ruin it. But, because I didn’t own a house, I wasn’t concerned with horror stories of either infestations or of the necessary remedies. Thus I was surprised as an adult to come upon the fuller consequences of insect infestation. I drove up to a giant house wrapped in a tent and held together by what appeared to be giant clothespins.