OK, so I didn't bring an umbrella. Why, you might ask. The simple reason is that I was told it was the dry season. Now, with my limited African experience dating back to 1996, dry season means NO RAIN. That's not what was meant here! What I'm finding they meant when they told me about what to expect with weather was that there's not as much rain as in the rainy season. This experience reminds me of summer showers in Mississippi when we gets LOTS of them! The only difference is that here the buildings have tin on the roof. When it rains on tin, it's LOUD! When you are teaching and it rains, you better just use sign language. Even with my big voice, I can't compete.
On a positive note, rain keeps the world green, and green is beautiful. Rain cools off the earth, calming your spirit. It's fun to sleep when it's raining outside! And by the way, someone left an umbrella in my classroom, which I happily "borrowed". Maybe there's an extra one around here I can borrow while I'm here. I surely do hope so. (just read this blog post to Vicki, and she offered hers when she leaves.) Thanks Vicki for covering me in so many ways. The two weeks I have known you have been special.
ONE more NON weather comment: Introductory speeches today were revealing! We have a lot of work to do, but we have to start somewhere, right. On the board, we made two columns: Affirmations and Suggestions. I hope before I leave the two columns reverse themselves with the number of items in each. Thank all of you who will pray about this and let me know you are!
Speaking of weather, my "expert" roommate who's been her off and on for 3 years now said that today's rain was LIKE the rainy season EXCEPT there wasn't lots of wind. Oh, my. Rainy season WOULD be an adjustment!
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of weather--MS has had some beautiful, sunshiny days. So nice after the very cold weather.
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