rain

Its been raining here. A lot. In the last 5 days we have had over 26 inches of rain fall. That's over 2 feet. The kids only had a half a day of class the entire week. 


I've been living here over a year, and even though I know the people here live in poverty, things like this remind me of that fact. The biggest thing though, is not the fact that its been raining, but that rain can cause such destruction to homes that are not built out of sturdy material and on solid ground. Johanna works here in our home cleaning, doing laundry, and watching the kids. This week part of her home fell down the side of the mountain when the ground underneath gave way to a landslide. Thankfully her and her 4 kids weren't hurt, but the whole house has been removed now to save it from more damage. Keep them in your prayers, and the other people too. They aren't the only ones who have been effected in this way. Today Charity and I went to visit Johanna, and some other people too. Houses with dirt floors turn into mud, metal and plastic homes protect from the wind, but don't do much to keep out wet. And things get wet, but there is no way to dry them again. You can use a towel to soak up water, but you have no way to dry it out to use it again, so eventually everything is wet, and you are stuck with what you've got. One woman we visited said her kids had been in the same clothes for 3 days because she doesn't have anything dry to put on them. 


Its so hard to see how rain, something that we need to survive, can also be a cause for such problems. Just 6 months ago I wrote about how we were desperate for the rain to come and bring us running water again, but here we are praying for the opposite. 


These photos don't do justice to the amount of water we have accumulated, but I will share them anyway. We are truly blessed to have such a sturdy house that keeps us dry and warm. But please do keep the other people here in your prayers as they try to find a place to put all the water.