We were still mopping up water from the rain storm on Friday. It would seem to settle down for a few minutes then would start blowing and then came the rain. I doubt we will ever see rain like this again - certainly not at home. There was some awesome thunder that shook the windows and blew out the power. We still had the water problem in the bathroom then something went wrong outside and we lost our water in the kitchen. So all in all we had power off and on most of the day but little water. Joel, the repairman, (who we now know on a first name basis and is about part of the family because he spends so much time at our apartment) came by to check out the water leaking into the apartment below only to discover that water was leaking through our bathroom ceiling also. He thought it had something to do with the hurricane winds and rain. Doesn't make sense to me! When he comes he gives us both these great big hugs -
I did get some pictures of the storm which I will put in this blog.
The Shavers, the Ruckers, and Scott and I went out to dinner at a Chinese restaurant that they had been to before. It was delicious! When it storms here the people stay home so the roads were not too congested. All in all, it was a fun night. AND we even had power when we got home.
In this picture you can kind of see the sheets of rain. They would come from the south and blow towards the north with unbelievable intensity. You could barely see just across the street because the rain was so dense.
The streets, even with their built in storm drains on both sides of the street, were flooded and running up on the sidewalks.
There were trees blown down in some places. Two trees were blown over and landed on the fence that surrounds the temple. The ocean is a dirty grayish tan color about as far out as you can see from the stuff that runs into the river then into the ocean.
We were worried about our families down by the river and found the Alta Gracies house had flooded with over 4 feet of water. She said two of her mattresses from her house floated off and into the river. She and her kids were with Williams family. How they were ever going to take care of another family with how little they have was such a worry for us. We got some food and things together and went down to William's house. I am amazed at how these people just take everything in stride. They had no idea where their next meal was coming from. Everything in their house was wet or destroyed or floating.
The kids are always so happy to see you. I am so grateful there are some kids for us to love here!
We got home in time to go to Hainamosa for keyboard lessons. The twins had played in church last Sunday and their family was so excited. They all showed up at our lessons today. This is the mom and her three daughters:
How blessed we are to be able to be here and work with the people here.
The day is ending much quieter than it started. We seem to be back to the normal except now we don't have electricity in our kitchen for some reason. I would ask what else could go wrong in this apartment but then something else would happen so we will just be grateful we have a roof over our heads and dry beds!
I did get some pictures of the storm which I will put in this blog.
The Shavers, the Ruckers, and Scott and I went out to dinner at a Chinese restaurant that they had been to before. It was delicious! When it storms here the people stay home so the roads were not too congested. All in all, it was a fun night. AND we even had power when we got home.
The streets, even with their built in storm drains on both sides of the street, were flooded and running up on the sidewalks.
We were worried about our families down by the river and found the Alta Gracies house had flooded with over 4 feet of water. She said two of her mattresses from her house floated off and into the river. She and her kids were with Williams family. How they were ever going to take care of another family with how little they have was such a worry for us. We got some food and things together and went down to William's house. I am amazed at how these people just take everything in stride. They had no idea where their next meal was coming from. Everything in their house was wet or destroyed or floating.
We got home in time to go to Hainamosa for keyboard lessons. The twins had played in church last Sunday and their family was so excited. They all showed up at our lessons today. This is the mom and her three daughters:
The day is ending much quieter than it started. We seem to be back to the normal except now we don't have electricity in our kitchen for some reason. I would ask what else could go wrong in this apartment but then something else would happen so we will just be grateful we have a roof over our heads and dry beds!
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