Rain

Today we had a lovely rain. Most people hide from the rain...not these boys. When they hear rain beginning to fall, they take it as a cue to strip down and run outside to play in water to their hearts' content!

It is supposed to be rainy season now, but there has actually been very little rain. Around here, dryness affects everyone, not just farmers. Our electricity comes from the hydro-electric plant on the mainland. When there's not enough water, there's not enough electricity, either. Our power goes off nearly every night now, but just for an hour or two. The boys love it, because we go lay on the roof (where at least we can catch a breeze (if there happens to be one)) and tell stories. It is actually a nice time to relax with the kids. Tonight we read from the book of Joshua. And then they asked to be told a story about... frogs. I told them about the time when Dad dug us a swimming pool when I was young, and at the end of the summer frogs invaded it and filled it with millions of frog eggs! Isn't that a lovely bedtime story? Well, I guess it is for little boys! They like it!