It's raining!

It is raining today! For those of you who have never experienced 6 months without it, I am not sure that I can explain how wonderful it is when that first rain of the season begins. The smell of it, the sound of it on the roof...it is just that...wonderful! The children are all outside standing in it, screaming with delight. Now, our desert will turn green and the river will flow once again. This week as the skies signaled the beginnings, the men have come each morning asking for their turn with David to have their fields cultivated. He has been working all week to get the tractor and equipment ready. What a great time of year!

It has been a quiet week here with time to catch up on school work and all that has piled up in the last few weeks. Grace and Abi have officially started their pre-school activities. It is quite the challenge to keep Abi's attention for more than 30 seconds, but when we can, we find that she has a remarkable memory. And Grace, typical "first" child is a perfectionist and very emotional when her hand does not cooperate.

Duane was called out to San Pedro yesterday to pick up an elderly woman who fell and broke her arm. When they say that she broke her arm, they really mean that she almost completely broke it off. With the bone exposed, her arm hung at an odd angle as Duane carefully transported her to the Quiche hospital where she was immediately taken to surgery. She will have another surgery on Monday as well. Unfortunately, she waited more than 24 hours in that condition and the risk of severe infection is high. Pray for her if you think of it, her name is Dominga. What seemed like the entire village greeted Duane as he landed there in San Pedro. It has rained there pretty continuously for the last 3 weeks and the grass had grown up on the landing strip so all of the available men had been called out at dawn to cut the grass - with their machetes. "Community" takes on a whole new meaning in these remote villages.

As the rain continues to fall outside, I am reminded of God's promise..."I will send you rain in its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees of the field their fruit." (Lev. 26:4). He is a faithful God!