It's Raining, it's pouring....

It has been quite a day! For the past 52 hours it has been raining, pretty much non-stop. When it rains here, I must clarify, it is not simply a light drizzle, or a soft afternoon rain shower...it POURS! Sheets of rain thumping the ground with a deafening thunder. One of the 5th grade boys had a prayer request on Monday for a hurricane moving toward Honduras. As I was praying it came to mind that I now live in a country not half way around the world from Honduras, but next door. Thus, we are feeling the waves of the hurricane here. One of the fifth grade parents came in to the classroom after school today and helped us move bookshelves and supplies out of the way of numerous leaks in the classroom. The space around my desk is not a puddle. She said, "I am 43 years old and I have never seen rain like this before in my country!"

Apparently, it only rains this much for this long about once every 4-5 years.

Welcome to Nicaragua Julie. :)

I woke up this morning and caught a glimpse of a piece of sky. Immediately I went outside to walk around while there was a break in the storm. It was a gorgeous morning and I prayed that God would hold off the rains for today as many homes have been ruined, streets flooded, and crops destroyed. God had no such plans. I taught the kids about El Roi, the God who sees in devotions this week, so we prayed that God would see each person effected by the rain and protect them.

The power went off at three different times today....our "hallways" were rivers, of which we had to set boards to divert the streams of water so we could walk to the cafetin and chapel and other classes.....at some points in the day the rain was so loud that I had to yell for the kids to be able to hear me....by noon, everyone was SOAKED to the bone.... no one wanted to focus on school and learning....it was one of my most favorite days in Nicaragua so far!

It is such a neat experience being here. No amount of rain could make me dislike even one day. This is the day that the LORD has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!

On the other hand, please join me in praying for all the people who are NOT as blessed with houses to shelter them from the rain, or may have lost everything to the flooding of their homes, or their crops. Also pray for Honduras, as I hear it got hit pretty hard by this storm.