We were headed out of the country when the hurricane hit, giving us somewhere around 57 inches of rain in 4 1/2 days and dramatically spoiling our travel plans. It was enough rain to cause deadly mudslides, road and bridge washouts, and general mayhem throughout the country. Schools were canceled and with all the natural road closings, we were locked in with all but helicopter access for awhile. But, unlike other areas of the countries, there were no life-threatening situatio

Like I said… Mold. (This little specimen grew between Thursday and Sunday!) And cockroaches. (Found in the dog’s water bowl. Just so it’s clear, he was about 3” long, according to Joel’s calculations; 8” according to mine.) #dailylife #rain #weather

Today was a day to get some cleaning done. I started with the laundry. During rainy season, I kind of figure that every minute after 4:45 am, that I start the laundry is one minute that I lose for getting it dry by 11:00 am when the rains start for the rest of the day. And, since it’s so humid, even with the sun, it can take several days to get those jeans dry. Speaking of jeans, on my Spanish-labeled washing machine that is intent on destroying my clothes, I have a “jeans” s

We’ve been battling the rain here. Well, not the rain, exactly, but the effects of the rain. For starters, there was the foliage that began growing out of the mud flaps of our car. But you know, it’s not really the rain of rainy season (raining every day) that is getting old; I kind of like the coziness of it, but there are a few “extraneous benefits” that I could do without, namely, the mold and cockroaches. First, there was the cockroach on my toothbrush two nights ago. The

Have you read this book (Trusting God by Jerry Bridges)? Joel and I have been reading it together and working through the study guide as part of our required work for one of our classes. This week, we were both struck by something Bridges wrote about God and the weather: “Whenever we are affected by the weather — whether it is merely an inconvenience or a major disaster — we tend to regard it as nothing more than the impersonal expression of certain fixed meteorological or ge