Of Night Visitors and Stolen Laundry

We've had some excitement around our little house lately. Visitors in the night, stolen items, alarms, police...the usual. Well, the truth is that we have had visitors to our house in the night, and it seems they have been regular visitors.
One night Jim heard some noises so he went around the house to check. From the kitchen window he saw someone just about to go into our garage. So Jim opened the window, yelled out real loud "HEY!!", then shut the window and ducked( in case the man had a weapon). But the thief got scared and ran away. Jim called the police and what happened after could be a whole long story, but don't worry no one was hurt. However we discovered the next morning that a few items around the house/courtyard were missing: a pair of tennis shoes, our iron(from the laundry room), cologne(snatched through a window)..and other things I can't remember. It's a common joke now whenever we can't find something to say, "hey, maybe the robbers took it."
Then just last weekend Angela woke up in the night hearing funny noises. She looked around the house to make sure everything was okay when she thought she saw her reflection in the window, after moving around a bit she realized it wasn't her reflection it was someone outside. She woke up Jason for safety and to make sure she wasn't imagining things. Jason crept to the corner where Angela saw the person when all of a sudden he saw someone in the window right next to him. He had a club in his hand and his plan was to hit the bars, make a loud sound and scare the creep away...but he accidentally smashed the window! It was loud so I'm sure the creeper got scared and then Jason yelled out at the top of his lungs, which scared the man even more and he ran for his life. The neighbor heard the yell and came out of his house in time to see the thief dashing down the street. He called the police for us and they were here before long. They checked out the property with their flashlights and guns, God bless them. The next morning we saw that the night creeps had tried to get into the kitchen door and had nearly pried it open. I don't know what stopped them, it could only have been the Lord. We also discovered to our dismay that they had stolen everything hanging on the line, which was Phil's and my laundry. They took everything except the towel. Phil is missing a good amount of clothes and I'm pretty upset!
So all that to say we never lack for excitement around here, but we do also appreciate your heartfelt prayers for our safety.