Imagine with me...
The rain wakes you up in the middle of the night. Hard rain. It keeps going for two hours...letting up around 5am to allow you an hour more of sleep before morning. You shower and dress and go outside and there is not ONE puddle on the ground. Impossible?
The land here has been so incredibly dry for the past 9 months...that this is exactly the scenario we've experienced this week. We've had a few nights of rain now since this "first rainy night," and the soil is actually starting to darken a bit and to become somewhat "muddy" in the mornings.
The rain actually brings a smile to our faces everytime it starts. I don't know if you've ever felt joy over rain. I don't even mind that I'm losing sleep over the rain...for two reasons really.
The big reason--rain is life and wealth for the people of Kenya.
The little reason--it's vacation and without the stress of school, a few lost hours of sleep are nothing at all.
(The picture above is dusty Kenya outside a local church)
1 comments:
It's hard to believe there is a drought in Kenya whereas here in montana we have lots of moisture in forms of snow and rainfall - especially this time of the year!
I mentioned to Landen no rain puddles after the rain and his mouth dropped open! Followed by - what happened? I explained what a drought is and we decided we needed to pray for you and the country.
Hope you all are doing good and are safe? Have you heard from The Coopman family?
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