Sorry for the silence! We've been settled into a routine and haven't thought to share recently. But we thought we'd better let you know that we are back in the States for a while! We have a three week semester break right now, and we'll be here for that whole time. We're going to try and visit as many people and places as we can! Here are a few places we'll be if you want to hear more of what we're doing.
June 28th - Eastside Church, Harrisonburg: We'll share a little bit and bring the message on Sunday morning. Church starts at 10.
July 1st - Park View Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg: We are having a dinner to share information about Fortress of Hope. We'll share what we've been doing and how the organization serves the children of Nicaragua. The dinner will start at 6:00.
July 12th - Pigeon River Mennonite Church: Well share a little bit and bring the message on Sunday morning. Church starts at 9:30.
Hopefully we have the chance to see you while we are home, whether at one of the events above or just around town!
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Saturday, June 27, 2015
Sunday, June 7, 2015
The rains they are a comin'...
Wow. When it rains, it rains and when it storms, it storms.
When we arrived here last October, we got just a glimpse of Nicaraguan storms towards the end of the rainy season, but now that we're in June and the rainy season is just starting, we're beginning to experience rain almost every day and the storms that go along with it.
The rain comes down for hours without stopping or slowing. It. Just. Pours. It is beautiful and also reminds us of how powerful it is, as our electricity wavers and sometimes says goodbye for a little while. The other night we went to sleep with the sound of pouring rain and a beautiful crackling thunderstorm. It took a while to actually fall asleep, but lying in bed listening to the storm right over top of us was an incredible experience. We've never experienced storms like the ones that are here in Nicaragua - where you actually hear the lightning as it strikes with incredible thunder. Have you ever taken a baking sheet and shaken it to model lightning and thunder? It's like that. Absolutely deafening.
Each day after the storms, we see roads washed out or hear stories at school of co-workers houses that flooded in the night. There's a missionary couple with a daughter in my classroom and the father told me he went to bed at 11pm and got out of bed to check on things when he stepped in water on his bedroom floor. He turned on the lights and saw that the water was pouring in. He and his wife were scooping up buckets of water until 1am. Other people have even less shelter from the rain, and we can't imagine what it's would be like to spend a night outside. Listening to these stories just reminds us of our sturdy and dependable house, and we are grateful.
If you're ever in the mood for a real, loud storm, come down to Managua for a visit anytime from June to October. We'll be here!
-Lauren, and Mitch
When we arrived here last October, we got just a glimpse of Nicaraguan storms towards the end of the rainy season, but now that we're in June and the rainy season is just starting, we're beginning to experience rain almost every day and the storms that go along with it.
The rain comes down for hours without stopping or slowing. It. Just. Pours. It is beautiful and also reminds us of how powerful it is, as our electricity wavers and sometimes says goodbye for a little while. The other night we went to sleep with the sound of pouring rain and a beautiful crackling thunderstorm. It took a while to actually fall asleep, but lying in bed listening to the storm right over top of us was an incredible experience. We've never experienced storms like the ones that are here in Nicaragua - where you actually hear the lightning as it strikes with incredible thunder. Have you ever taken a baking sheet and shaken it to model lightning and thunder? It's like that. Absolutely deafening.
Each day after the storms, we see roads washed out or hear stories at school of co-workers houses that flooded in the night. There's a missionary couple with a daughter in my classroom and the father told me he went to bed at 11pm and got out of bed to check on things when he stepped in water on his bedroom floor. He turned on the lights and saw that the water was pouring in. He and his wife were scooping up buckets of water until 1am. Other people have even less shelter from the rain, and we can't imagine what it's would be like to spend a night outside. Listening to these stories just reminds us of our sturdy and dependable house, and we are grateful.
If you're ever in the mood for a real, loud storm, come down to Managua for a visit anytime from June to October. We'll be here!
-Lauren, and Mitch
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