Sunday, October 26, 2008

Winter Washout

One week, it's hard to believe that's all there is left to October. It has been an uneventful month in which we've enjoyed the luxuries of living in a modern house complete with tv and internet while the Perkins family has been in the States. But tomorrow, it is back across the street, back to life with out these modern day luxuries. Sigh.

Since October has been a fairly uneventful month we thought we'd let the pictures do the talking for us...demonstrating a little bit of what Nicaragua in October is like.



But before we get to all of that, one exciting development for us has been watching our dear friend Luisa opening her own pulperia (Nica 7-11). Luisa has been a faithful woman in our church, the cook for all our teams, and owner of the consignment clothing store Northshore sends used clothing down regularly. She is a dear woman. A strong woman of faith who has demonstrated an incredible heart and joy even while her family has been hanging on by threads the last few years. Thanks to a micro-loan given out by the economics team in September she was able to start up a pulperia and we have seen a burdened lifted and an even greater smile upon her face.



Our friends Bryden and Trista Russell, from our B.C./Trinity Western days, stopped by Managua for a week as they backpack their way through Central America. It was awesome to have good friends to chill with each evening, playing cards, making dinner, and experiencing the Wii together. We also got to take Bryden to the hospital since he had some crazy intestinal bug attack him...that was probably in the top three most eventful things that happened to us this month...next to the lightening strike that hit the Perkins property frying their power invertor and swimming inside their house due to all the rain.





Finally, we thought we'd show the destructive and awesome power of Nicaraguan rains. The above pictures are a few examples of what we like to call "winter washout." The top pictures are what used to be the road we take to the beach. Now there is a ginormous hole in the road which will most like take them a year or two to fix. The bottom pictures is the road right before getting to the beach. Apparently the waterfalls above the road have a wee-bit more water than usual as it has spilled over the road. Also, we thought we'd share a video of what the road directly in front of the school becomes during all this rain.


4 comments:

hschween said...

Love the mud video - and to hear your voice! Thanks for the pictures to complete your "rain" stories...now I believe it is more rainy there than in Seattle ;-) See you soon sooooon!

Unknown said...

It was fun to see that Seattle isn't the only place it rains. Also great to hear your voice.... Blessings as you enjoy your last month. Think of you often. Scott and Jenn Ross

Unknown said...

It's amazing how hearing your voice can make me miss you even more! I can't wait to get to see you guys again. The rain video was cool to see, and the before and after shots of the different roads. We'll be praying for your last month there!
~Claire & Brian

Colin and/or Michele said...

Lovely to see it still rains in Los Cedros. Do you know if they still build the rope pumps (bombas de mecate) in Los Cedros? The place I return to (and hope to get back for some time in the neat future) is in Montre Fresco, about 400 meters from the entry to the road at KM 27. A cluster of houses on the left side of the road, where there is an old factory and they used to construct home products during the economic blockade of the 80s. I "go there" every day in my heart and mind. Should you ever pass by and find the family of Pedro Leiva Torres, I would love it if you could tell them that Colin send his carinio and that I aim to come back as soon as I possibly can. All best wishes for your time in a wonderful part of the world.ba