more rain

the rain began coming down in sheets this week. it believe it began sometime wednesday evening, and i am now seeing the sun peak out from behind the clouds this saturday morning.

because there was so much rain, i only had a total of 4 students show up to class on thursday. that's four students for one class, when normally i have 4 classes. we were going to also have class on friday to make up for missed day on tuesday to make a trip to santiago to pick up the mail. however, the rain only stopped for as little as an hour at a time on friday. miguel came out from caraballo and said there was no way we'd be able to get there with how flooded the dirt roads had become.

though i love the rain, it is much more of an inconvenience in this country. the people who live in the villages don't have the money to buy the appropriate clothing to go out in the rain, so they just sit in their houses until it passes. even after the rain has stopped they hesitate to go out until things have dried, otherwise they have to wait in mud that could be up to their ankles.

this is an inconvenience for us, as well, because it makes it difficult to get to the villages to have class. and even if we do make it there, very few of them show up. but what really concerns me is that, though they use their house to as protection from the rain, often it doesn't serve that purpose very well. with as much rain as we've had over the past few days, i can only image how much water is sitting on their floors, and how much has leaked in through their tin roofs.

so please pray for these people. pray that the Lord would keep them dry and healthy as this rainy season brings not only water, but also a myriad of diseases from which they are often unable to protect themselves.